confederal
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of confederal
1775–85; confeder(ation) + -al 1, on model of federation and federal
Example Sentences
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"We cannot stop. The lives of workers must be respected and protected, to achieve the only tolerable number -- zero," said UIL confederal secretary Ivana Veronese.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025
Lord Wigley prefers a confederal system, where authority would lie with the four individual countries of the UK, but "certain functions", like defence, are pooled together.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2022
In 1999, Belarus and Russia signed a treaty that committed them to merging into a confederal state at some future point.
From New York Times ● Mar. 30, 2022
Mining is “part of the DNA of this region and its people,” said Sanz Lubeiro, CCOO’s confederal secretary.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2018
He has pledged to resolve the secessionist crisis through the 2000 Fomboni Accord, a confederal arrangement that the Organization of African Unity has yet to recognize.
From The 2001 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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