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Federal Party

Federal Party

7.0
A major United States political group in the late 1700s and early 1800s that wanted a strong national government
  • proper noun
  • Formal
translation icon : Partido Federal
  • During the late 18th century, the Federal Party, led by Alexander Hamilton, advocated for a strong central government.
  • Progressive Federal Party

Examples

  • The Federal Party was instrumental in shaping the Constitution of the United States during its early years.

  • Many of the ideals proposed by the Federal Party continue to influence American politics today.

  • In the state, liberals included members of political parties like the Progressive Federal Party (later the Democratic Party) and leaders like Roelf Meyer.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Labour won twenty of the forty seats, but the government nominated twenty members, thirteen of them from the defeated pro-apartheid Federal Party, and appointed its leader, who had lost his deposit, as chairman.

    Academic text (1990)

  • 31 Treurnicht formed the Conservative Party (CP), which gained strength throughout the 1980s, replacing the Progressive Federal Party as the official opposition party in 1987.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

Federalist Party
vsFederal Party
  • US
6.3

A political party in the early United States founded by Alexander Hamilton that supported a strong central government

is the same organization but uses a different name form

Surface Forms

Federal Party main

Morphology

federal + party

The sense 'a political party associated with or advocating a strong central/federal government' is directly derivable from combining 'federal' (connected to the main government) with 'party' (a political group). This composition is literal and cross‑linguistically predictable rather than idiomatic, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Federal Party gets its name from the word federal, which meant a 'union of states' under one strong national government. Leaders like Alexander Hamilton wanted that strong centre to hold the new country together, so the party came to mean people who supported a strong central government.