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antifederalist
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an·ti·fed·er·al·ist also An·ti·fed·er·al·ist  (nt-fdr--lst, -fdr-lst, nt-)
n.
An opponent of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
anti·feder·al·ist adj.
anti·feder·al·ism n.
Antifederalist [ˌæntɪˈfɛdərəlɪst -ˈfɛdrə-]
n
1. (Historical Terms) (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US History a person who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in 1789 and thereafter allied with Thomas Jefferson's Antifederal Party, which opposed extension of the powers of the federal Government
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often not capital) any person who opposes federalism
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THE STATES RIGHTS DEBATE: ANTIFEDERALISM AND THE CONSTITUTION 15 (A.
Abandoning bedrock principles? The Musgrave amendment and federalism by Bash, John / Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy
GUNTHER & SULLIVAN, supra note 236, at 224 (declaring that Lopez and New York "can best be seen as part of an antifederalism revival" of the 1990s).
A case of unconstitutional immigration: the importation of England's ... by Boutwell, Jaime Serenity / Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
 
 
 
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