federalism

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Etymology

From French fédéralisme

Noun

federalism (countable and uncountable, plural federalisms)

  1. A system of national government in which power is divided between a central authority and a number of regions with delimited self-governing authority.
  2. Advocacy of such a system.
  3. (theology) Covenantalism.

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