states' rightsn.

Brit.

/ˌsteɪts ˈrʌɪts/, U.S.

/ˌsteɪts ˈraɪts/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: state n., right n.

Etymology: < the genitive or genitive plural of state n. + the plural of right n.

Chiefly U.S.

The rights and powers held by a state (state n. 29a) as opposed to those held by the federal or national government. Also: support for or advocacy of such rights and powers; opposition to intervention in state affairs.

ΚΠ

1824 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 3 Mar. It ceases to be the guard of the People's and the States' rights, the land mark bounding the powers of the General Government, and those of the States.

1826 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. 26 Aug. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be..published in the Constitutionalist, and all other papers friendly to States rights.

1853 F. C. Adams Manuel Pereira vii. 62 If ye were to hear that fellow make a stump speech on States' rights, you'd think him a Samson on Government.

1942 Life 8 June 86 The Australians..are big on States rights and reluctant to expand federal power.

1959 Crisis May 268/1 Efforts..to ensure the Negro has voting rights were bitterly fought on the ground that they violated states' rights.

1990 R. F. Bensel Yankee Leviathon (1995) vii. 433 Without the southern insistence on devolution of authority (states' rights), the post-Civil War Democratic party could have embraced a state-centred program of social-welfare expansion.

2012 S. Conn To promote Gen. Welfare p. xii More recently, ‘States' rights’ has been the tool with which to deny gay couples the right to marry.

Compounds

General attributive, as states' rights man, states' rights party, etc.

ΚΠ

1825 J. Quincy Mem. Life Josiah Quincy Jun. 180 What says the mother of States and States' rights doctrines?

1831 N.Y. Mercury 21 Dec. 1/2 An amendment by another ‘States Rights’ man.

1920 C. E. Merriam Hist. Amer. Polit. Theories vii. 266 The states-rights idea was based on the current theory of the social contract.

1981 Black Enterprise Mar. 51/1 Reagan's ‘state's rights’ philosophy was reminiscent of times past.

2010 Independent on Sunday 10 Jan. 36/3 The white-supremacist ‘States Rights’ party could not break out of the Deep South.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	states rights
释义	states' rightsn. Brit. /ˌsteɪts ˈrʌɪts/, U.S. /ˌsteɪts ˈraɪts/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: state n., right n. Etymology: < the genitive or genitive plural of state n. + the plural of right n. Chiefly U.S. The rights and powers held by a state (state n. 29a) as opposed to those held by the federal or national government. Also: support for or advocacy of such rights and powers; opposition to intervention in state affairs. ΚΠ 1824 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 3 Mar. It ceases to be the guard of the People's and the States' rights, the land mark bounding the powers of the General Government, and those of the States. 1826 Augusta (Georgia) Chron. 26 Aug. Resolved, That the proceedings of this meeting be..published in the Constitutionalist, and all other papers friendly to States rights. 1853 F. C. Adams Manuel Pereira vii. 62 If ye were to hear that fellow make a stump speech on States' rights, you'd think him a Samson on Government. 1942 Life 8 June 86 The Australians..are big on States rights and reluctant to expand federal power. 1959 Crisis May 268/1 Efforts..to ensure the Negro has voting rights were bitterly fought on the ground that they violated states' rights. 1990 R. F. Bensel Yankee Leviathon (1995) vii. 433 Without the southern insistence on devolution of authority (states' rights), the post-Civil War Democratic party could have embraced a state-centred program of social-welfare expansion. 2012 S. Conn To promote Gen. Welfare p. xii More recently, ‘States' rights’ has been the tool with which to deny gay couples the right to marry. Compounds General attributive, as states' rights man, states' rights party, etc. ΚΠ 1825 J. Quincy Mem. Life Josiah Quincy Jun. 180 What says the mother of States and States' rights doctrines? 1831 N.Y. Mercury 21 Dec. 1/2 An amendment by another ‘States Rights’ man. 1920 C. E. Merriam Hist. Amer. Polit. Theories vii. 266 The states-rights idea was based on the current theory of the social contract. 1981 Black Enterprise Mar. 51/1 Reagan's ‘state's rights’ philosophy was reminiscent of times past. 2010 Independent on Sunday 10 Jan. 36/3 The white-supremacist ‘States Rights’ party could not break out of the Deep South. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1824
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