Look up: confederation

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   confederation
   [n] - a union of political organizations 2. [n] - the act of forming an alliance or confederation
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   confederation
   Form of union of individual states or societies. Confederation insists on the individual independence of each state or society in a common union, while federation insists on the supremacy of the...
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   Confederation
   'parent' national union to which individual unions belong Category: Labour • the act itself Category: Politics
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   Confederation
   Con·fed`er·a'tion noun [ Latin confoederatio : confer French confédération .] 1. The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states. « The three princes enter into some strict league and confederation among themselves. Bacon. » « This was no less than a political confedera ...
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   confederation
   confederacy noun a union of political organizations
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   confederation
   alliance noun the act of forming an alliance or confederation
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   Confederation
   A `confederation` is a group of empowered states or communities, usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution. Confederations tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defense, foreign affairs, foreign trade, and a common currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all members. A confederation, in modern political terms, is usually limited to a permanent union of s...
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   Confederation
   • (n.) The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy. • (n.) The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.
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   confederation
   (from the article `political system`) Confederations are voluntary associations of independent states that, to secure some common purpose, agree to certain limitations on their freedom of ... The first significant step toward union, later called confederation, was the formation of the Great Coalition, a government that united George Bro...
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    Confederation
    (from the article `Bolivia`) ...and he pursued policies of territorial expansion. In the 1830s he overthrew the Lima regime of General Agustín Gamarra and united Bolivia and Peru ...
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    confederation
    A federal system of government in which sovereign constituent governments create a central government but balance of power remains with constituent governments.
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