Meanings
adjectivepostfederal (not comparable)
- USnot comparableeconomicsOf or relating to a period when cities in the United States can no longer rely on federal funding and must seek local sources.
No other major industrialized democracy puts its cities in the circumstance that American cities face in the postfederal era of needing to attract investment through local entrepreneurial activity.
2001, Matthew Burbank, Gregory Andranovich, Charles H. Heying, Olympic Dreams: The Impact of Mega-events on Local Politics, page 8
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰós
- Proto-Italic*feiðos
- Latinfoedus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Frenchfédéra
- Englishfederal
- Englishpostfederal
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APA
postfederal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postfederal
MLA
“postfederal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postfederal. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postfederal,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postfederal.
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