federative
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The great political philosopher called it "federative" power.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2012
"I believe," he said, "the solution lies in a federative status that would leave Algeria largely free of central control and would include a man aging government adapted to the country's own personality."
From Time Magazine Archive
Austro-Hungary, had there been no war, might have survived several more centuries; for federative reforms were much in the mind of the murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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It calls for the present union to be reorganized on the basis of a new voluntary contract between the republics and the central authorities, but leaves open the possibility of "diverse forms of federative ties."
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It was strictly federative, or a union of tribes.
From An Address, Delivered Before the Was-ah Ho-de-no-son-ne or New Confederacy of the Iroquois Also, Genundewah, a Poem by William H. C. (William Howe Cuyler) Hosmer
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