federast
- noun
- /ˈfɛdəræst/
- Offensive
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[Término ofensivo para alguien que apoya el federalismo]
- He dismissed the proposal as just another plan from a bunch of federasts.
Examples
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He called his opponent a federast during the debate.
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Online forums sometimes use federast as a way to insult advocates of a strong federation.
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The politician was derided as a federast by his critics.
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Don't be such a federast when discussing states' rights!
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He dismissed the politician as a federast for his federalist views that threatened local autonomy.
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The editorial criticized the federast agenda, arguing that it undermines individual state rights.
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During the debate, she called him a federast for promoting policies that favored central government control.
Synonyms
2
7.6
A person who supports a system where power is shared between national and local governments
Antonyms
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9.4
Against giving power from local or state governments to a strong central government
- Archaic
A person who believes a state can refuse federal laws it finds unconstitutional
Surface Forms
Morphology
federast = federalist (semi-transparent) = feder + ast
The word clearly echoes 'federalist' (so the political relation is visible), but the suffix '-ast' is a nonstandard derogatory coinage, so the exact insulting nuance is not predictable from the base alone.
Etymology
Federast uses the root feder-, the same root in federal and federation, which comes from an old Latin word for 'treaty' or 'league'. A helpful way to remember it is that the ending -ast gives the word an insulting tone, so federast is used to mock someone who supports a federation.