federalnessn.
/ˈfɛd(ə)rəlnᵻs/, /ˈfɛd(ə)rl̩nᵻs/, U.S. /ˈfɛd(ə)rəlnᵻs/ The state of being federal (in various senses); federal character.
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1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II. i. Federalness, the appertaining to a Covenant.
1859 W. Whitman Let. Aug. in Compl. Poems (2004) 766 What is to be done is to withdraw from precedents, and be directed to men and women—also to The States in their federalness; for the union of the parts of the body is not more necessary to their life than the union of These States is to their life.
1978 S. R. Davis Federal Princ. 212 Some ‘federal’ systems fail, some do not;..some promote a great measure of civil liberty, some do not;..some are highly efficient in servicing the needs of a modern state, some are not;..But whatever their condition,..it is rarely clear that it is so because of their federalness, or the particular character of their federal institutions, or the special way they practice federalism, or in spite of their federalness.
2010 Atlantic Online (Nexis) 14 May On one hand, there's a growing tide of new Ron Paul supporters and Tea Partiers who display an above average distaste for the federal government and the federalness of its powers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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