Synonyms for federalism
ˈfɛd ər əˌlɪz əmfed·er·al·ism

Princeton's WordNet

1. federalismnoun

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

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1. • Political Orientation

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1. List of paraphrases for "federalism":

   federalisation, federal, federalist

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1. Ken Paxton:

   Attempts by the Obama administration to disregard the will of our citizens through the use of new federal rules is unconstitutional and an affront to the foundations of federalism.

2. Alex Keena:

   Gerrymandering the States : Partisanship, Race, and the Transformation of American Federalism. it leads to legislators who are good at getting elected and raising money, but they don't know a lot about government.

3. Andrew Bailey:

   The Second Amendment is what makes the rest of the amendments possible. If the state legislature wants to expand upon the foundational rights codified in the Second Amendment, they have the authority to do that. But SAPA is also about the Tenth Amendment. It’s about federalism and individual liberty, so we will be appealing the court’s ruling.

4. The German-educated Kizilyurek:

   I do see federalism ... as an antidote to nationalism, especially in the geographies where you have multiethnic groups living together.

5. Justin Amash:

   True to Washington's fears, Americans have allowed government officials, under assertions of expediency and party unity, to ignore the most basic tenets of our constitutional order : separation of powers, federalism and the rule of law, the result has been the consolidation of political power and the near disintegration of representative democracy.