Hypertext Webster Gateway: "federalism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Federalism \Fed"er*al*ism\, n. [Cf. F. f['e]d['e]ralisme.]
the principles of Federalists or of federal union.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
federalism
n : the idea of a federal organization of more or less
self-governing units
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