Meanings
nounfederalization (countable and uncountable, plural federalizations)
plural federalizations · alternative federalisation
- BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableuncountableThe unification of states to form a federal union.
- BritishEnglishOxfordUScountableuncountableThe assumption of control or authority by a federal government.
These were the days before Elon Musk’s tiff with a Delaware judge raised the prospect of the federalization of corporate law.
2024 December 10, Ronald Mann, “Case Preview: Federal trademark law and doctrines of corporate identity”, in SCOTUSblog
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰós
- Proto-Italic*feiðos
- Latinfoedus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Frenchfédéra
- Englishfederal
- Englishfederalization
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 聯邦化 /联邦化, 同盟化
- 聯邦化 /联邦化 (liánbānghuà)unification of states
- 同盟化 (tóngménghuà)unification of states
Dutch federalisering
- federaliseringunification of states
Finnish yhdistyminen liittovaltioksi, liittovaltioistuminen
- yhdistyminen liittovaltioksiunification of states
- liittovaltioistuminenassumption of control by a federal government
- federalisaatioassumption of control by a federal government
French fédéralisation
- fédéralisationunification of states
German Föderalisierung
- Föderalisierungunification of states
Greek ομοσπονδιοποίηση, συγκρότηση σε ομοσπονδία
- ομοσπονδιοποίηση (omospondiopoíisi)unification of states
- συγκρότηση σε ομοσπονδία (sygkrótisi se omospondía)unification of states
Japanese 連邦化
- 連邦化 (renpōka)unification of states
Latvian federalizācija
- federalizācijaunification of states
Polish federalizacja
- federalizacjaunification of states
Portuguese federalização
- federalizaçãounification of states
Romanian federalizare
- federalizareunification of states
Russian федерализа́ция
- федерализа́ция (federalizácija)unification of states
Spanish federalización
- federalizaciónunification of states
Ukrainian федераліза́ція
- федераліза́ція (federalizácija)unification of states
Cite this entry
APA
federalization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/federalization
MLA
“federalization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/federalization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “federalization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/federalization.
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