Federalized

/ˈfɛdərəlaɪzd/ adjective

Definition

American English: organized or structured as a federal system with power distributed between a central government and regional governments.

Etymology

Past tense and past participle of federalize, using the American English -ized ending to form the adjective describing something that has become federal.

Kelly Says

A federalized system is like a political version of a franchise—you have corporate headquarters (federal government) setting the big rules, but individual branches (states) still get to decide how to run things locally.

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