confederal

American  

[kuhn-fed-er-uhl, -fed-ruhl] / kənˈfɛd ər əl, -ˈfɛd rəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or involving two or more nations.

   confederal agreements.

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Other Word Forms

• confederalist noun

Etymology

Origin of confederal

1775–85; confeder(ation) + -al ¹, on model of federation and federal

Example Sentences

"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

“The deal is a way forward for many problems that will appear and we are committed to it,” said Mariano Sanz Lubeiro, CCOO’s confederal secretary, from his Madrid office.

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