Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Forming, belonging to, or of the nature of a federation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of federation; uniting in a league; federal: as. a federative government; the federative principle.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Uniting in a league; forming a confederacy; federal.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Uniting in a
league ; forming aconfederacy ;federal .
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Examples
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This, therefore, contains the power of war and peace, leagues and alliances, and all the transactions with all persons and communities without the commonwealth, and may be called federative if any one pleases.
Two Treatises of Government: of Civil Government Book II 1698
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This therefore contains the power of war and peace, leagues and alliances, and all the transactions, with all persons and communities without the common-wealth, and may be called federative, if any one pleases.
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This therefore contains the power of war and peace, leagues and alliances, and all the transactions, with all persons and communities without the common-wealth, and may be called federative, if any one pleases.
Second Treatise of Government John Locke 1668
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Respecting the autonomy of the powers and the federative principle, I want to count on the Legislative and Judiciary powers, and on the partnership of Governors and Mayors, so that we continue developing our country, improving our institutions and strengthening our democracy.
Dilma Rousseff Inauguration Speech: Brazil's First Female President Addresses Congress In Brasilia (FULL TEXT) Adam J. Rose 2011
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Judt therefore suggested taking the one-state solution seriously, and considering a federative structure could unite Israel and Palestine into one state.
Carlo Strenger: Tony Judt's Testimony on his Jewishness 2010
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Judt therefore suggested taking the one-state solution seriously, and considering a federative structure could unite Israel and Palestine into one state.
Carlo Strenger: Tony Judt's Testimony on his Jewishness 2010
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Also, note that none of the other 14 Republicans were "federative."
McCain Again Refers To Czechoslovakia, A Non-Existent Country 2009
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So sure there were genocidal situations, but in the end it came out alright - nobody won, nobody really lost and Bosnia is a federative country with three separate entities that are almost completely autonomous.
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Independence was the consequence of dissolving the government that delegated the executive and federative powers to the British Crown, which was also the critical link to the British Empire.
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Accommodating these perspectives and developing a balance policy in this regards could be the safe guard of federative Pakistan, should be mentioned once more.
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