Federalism

Word FEDERALISM
Character 10
Hyphenation fed er al ism
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Federalism"

What do we mean by federalism?

A system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units. noun

Advocacy of such a system of government. noun

The doctrine of the Federalist Party. noun

The doctrine or system of federation or federal union in government; the principle of assigning to the care of a central government such matters of common concernment as may be agreed upon, and all others to that of the governments of the federated states, provinces, or tribes; more specifically, the aggregate principles or doctrines of a federal party, as the Federalists of the United States. noun

The principles of Federalists or of federal union. noun

System of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority. noun

Advocacy of such a system. noun

The idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units noun

A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.

Advocacy of such a system.

Covenantalism.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Federalism

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The word "federalism" in example sentences

The term federalism conjures up more functional and pragmatic ideas about the role of the states.... ❋ Ann Althouse (2007)

All of these things are wrapped up in the term federalism, so I don't think we know the extent of the actual differences and whether they could be breached at some later time. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The term federalism is also used to describe a system of the government in which sovereignty is constitutionally divided between a central governing authority and constituent political units (like states or provinces). ❋ Vale1998 (2010)

Anyways, unless federalism is strong at the time they might not want to join. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, the conventional story that federalism is bad for minority rights overlooks other, at least equally lengthy, periods in American history when a unitary federal policy would have been worse for minority rights than federalism. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Seeing as federalism is such a vague term, how is that different from judges imposing their own policy preferences? ❋ Unknown (2010)

However, as Ilya points out, federalism is a double-edged sword. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The federalism is important because the majority of the country did not support public education for quite a while, but a majority of many states did support it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

As Rick notes, the foot voting rationale for federalism is one that I have advanced in various articles (e.g. here and here). ❋ Unknown (2010)

I'm with you maddog, being for federalism is not synonimous wasteful, redundant local government ❋ Unknown (2010)

As you mentioned, federalism is not libertarianism or even a component thereof. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Just because insurance interests can get a law to pass in their state does not mean that federalism is threatened by Obamacare. ❋ Unknown (2010)

One of the main reasons why American libertarians support federalism is because it fosters competition between state and local governments for taxpayers and migrants. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In furtherance of the idea that federalism is not monolithic, in Canada, both the substantive criminal law and a large share of all private law is federal in origin but administered primarily by the states, while in the United States substantive criminal law and private law are much more heavily state level in origin but the federal courts are much more prominent than in the Canadian system. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Just because this Court has shown a predisposition to privilege federalism above the substance of issues in previous arguments does not mean that arguing federalism is a principled way to proceed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

“Congress can do whatever it wants” sounds awfully petulant to me, particularly when connected with the proposition that federalism is dead (which ostensibly makes Scalia sad). ❋ Unknown (2010)

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