federalization
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7.9
- noun
- /ˌfɛdərəlɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
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federalización
- After much debate, the committee finally agreed on the federalization of transportation regulations to improve safety standards.
- federalization of crime
Examples
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It calls for the rehabilitation of prisoners and for drug courts, supporting state efforts to divert drug offenders to treatment, and it criticizes the federalization of criminal offenses.
Blog text (16) -
We have a long history of being a leader on health reform issues, and with more guidance and greater state flexibility, our competitive market system would have ensured health insurance coverage for the most vulnerable Wisconsinites without federalization of our market.
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Federalization may also reduce the responsiveness of state lawmakers in favor of leaving the field to the federal government.
Academic text (2004) -
With the federalization of pollution control laws in the 1970s and 1980s, environmental health enforcement choices proliferated.
Academic text (2003) -
Even in the EU itself, limitations on the renunciation of sovereignty revealed themselves very clearly after another attempt at federalization in the EU failed.
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On New Year's Day, he again calls for the federalization of Yugoslavia and reorganization into national districts.
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Instead of Swiss-style federalization, he centralized the state, abolished the old provinces, and moved all power to the Czech capital, Prague.
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King Hassan brought forth a proposal for the federalization of Morocco comparable to the German Länder, which would include Western Sahara with a large degree of regional autonomy similar to that granted to sections of Morocco.
Academic text (1995) -
The federalization of the healthcare system allowed for more uniform policies across the country.
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The federalization of law enforcement can help ensure consistent enforcement of federal laws throughout the nation.
Synonyms
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5.1
The process of joining states into one country while they keep local control
How Federalized
Surface Forms
Morphology
federalization = federalize (transparent) = federal + ize + ation
The noun is formed by adding the process nominalizer '-ation' to the predictable verb 'federalize', itself clearly derived from 'federal' + '-ize'.
Etymology
Federalization shares the same root as federal and federation, which come from a word meaning 'treaty' or 'agreement'. So federalization is the process of making regions or groups come together under one federal government.