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federalization

American  
[fed-er-uh-lahyz-ay-shuhn] / ˌfɛd ər ə laɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act, state, or instance of federalizing or being federalized.


Other Word Forms

  • defederalization noun
  • over-federalization noun
  • pro-federalization noun

Example Sentences

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Federal officials have also told California they intend to extend Trump’s federalization of 300 members of the state’s Guard through next year.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2025

District Judge Karin Immergut on Saturday halted the federalization of 200 Oregon National Guardsmen for similar purposes there.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

And that means he has to rely on a federal statute that authorizes federalization.

From Slate • Sep. 3, 2025

His “goal is to ‘dismantle’ the state controls Stalin imposed and to achieve an ‘emancipation of society’ through privatization, democratization, and federalization of the 15 republics.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2020

Not that it is essential to the federalization of the United Kingdom that Ireland, Scotland, England, and Wales, should all have separate Legislature.

From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine