Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to confederation or a specific confederation.
- adjective Of, relating to, or involving the activities of two or more nations.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to a confederation; composed of confederated states; specifically, in United States history, pertaining to the confederacy of the States under the Articles of Confederation (1781-89).
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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or being a
confederation .
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Examples
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The states within such a confederal commonwealth could decide what functions they wanted to give to a so-called confederal council.
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He has also said that he seeks a "confederal" relationship with Amman.
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Finally, these deadlocked when, on November 25, Gorbachev insisted on a “confederal state.”
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Gorbachev told Yeltsin—and presumably the KGB agents bugging his offices—that he planned to fire Kryuchkov and Yazov and call elections for the position of president of this new confederal Union.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Indeed, most accounts suggest that after the August coup Yeltsin, like Gorbachev, wanted to preserve a confederal state led from Moscow.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Finally, these deadlocked when, on November 25, Gorbachev insisted on a “confederal state.”
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Indeed, most accounts suggest that after the August coup Yeltsin, like Gorbachev, wanted to preserve a confederal state led from Moscow.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Gorbachev told Yeltsin—and presumably the KGB agents bugging his offices—that he planned to fire Kryuchkov and Yazov and call elections for the position of president of this new confederal Union.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Finally, these deadlocked when, on November 25, Gorbachev insisted on a “confederal state.”
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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Indeed, most accounts suggest that after the August coup Yeltsin, like Gorbachev, wanted to preserve a confederal state led from Moscow.
The Return Daniel Treisman 2011
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