federalism

English Thesaurus

1. the idea of a federal organization of more or less self-governing units (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	ideology, political orientation, political theory,
definition	:	an orientation that characterizes the thinking of a group or nation (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	federalist,
definition	:	an advocate of federalism (noun.person)

derivation	:	federalist,
definition	:	an advocate of federalism (noun.person)