nounplural noun federacies
1A group of states with a central government but independence in internal affairs; a federation.
‘Often the federacy (or its residents) have little input into the larger whole.’- ‘They spoke of forming a great North American empire, or kind of Colonial Federacy.’
- ‘A republican federacy could be formed out of the provinces of the defunct monarchy.’
- ‘A federacy might be an imaginative solution to this problem.’
- ‘There were several large districts possessed by the Federacy as appendages.’
confederation, confederacy, federacy, league- 1.1mass noun The state of being joined by a treaty.‘Territorially based ethnic minorities may want greater autonomy and self-rule; asymmetric federacy can accommodate such demands without the state falling apart.’
- ‘He acknowledged the need for improved budgeting and fiscal federacy as prerequisites for good governance.’
- ‘Being multilingual, it tests many of the problems of world federacy.’
- ‘Federacy is a constitutionalized extension of the principle of home rule that provides adequate guarantees to the weaker entity.’
- ‘The maintenance of peace and order and justice between states bound in federacy.’
Origin
Late 16th century apparently shortened from confederacy.
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