federalism

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

federalism
    n 1: the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-
         governing units

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Federalism \Fed"er*al*ism\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]d['e]ralisme.]
   The principles of Federalists or of federal union.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

22 Moby Thesaurus words for "federalism":
      Nazism, centralism, collectivism, communism, constitutionalism,
      democratism, fascism, feudalism, feudality, governmentalism,
      imperialism, monarchism, national socialism, neofascism,
      parliamentarianism, parliamentarism, pluralism,
      political principles, republicanism, royalism, socialism,
      statism

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