Meaning & use
federalist
A person who supports a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and regional states.
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During the debate over the Constitution, federalists argued for a strong central government.
As a federalist, she believed states should keep only limited independent power.
A note on using this word
Federalist is often misspelled federlist; the term is especially associated with the American Federalist Party and the Federalist Papers of the 1780s.
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Words with an opposite meaning
anti-federalist
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