confederationn.

/kənfɛdəˈreɪʃən/

Forms: In Middle English–1500s -acion, -acyon.

Etymology: < French confédération, in Old French -acion (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin confoederātiōn-em (Jerome), noun of action < confoederāre : see confederate adj. and n.

1. The action of confederating, or condition of being confederated; a league, an alliance (between persons or states; in modern use only the latter). Formerly also in a bad sense, Conspiracy. articles of confederation: provisions (embodied in clauses) in accordance with which parties confederate; in U.S. History esp. those adopted by the Continental Congress of 1777, in accordance with which the thirteen American colonies that had separated from Great Britain formed themselves into the confederation, which was superseded by the closer union established in 1789.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] > action of

fasteningOE

confederationc1425

confedering1530

banding1593

bandying1599

coalescence1609

associating1644

concorporating1648

federation1652

confederating1687

fraternizing1793

colleaguing1817

leaguing1841

ganging1891

gang-up1936

gang-banging1966

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > action of

confederationc1425

federation1652

leaguing1841

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy

conspiracyc1386

conspiration1388

confederationc1530

faction1549

conspiring1561

combination1593

complotment1594

confederacy1594

complotting1607

colluding1611

compacta1616

trinketing1646

caballinga1680

cabal1738

colloguing1880

collogue1887

the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot > a conspiracy

feudc1300

conspirationa1340

conspiracyc1386

confederacy1389

conspirement1393

confederation1535

complot1587

combine1610

champerty1622

cabal1663

frame-up1899

frame1914

stitch-up1980

c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xv. 116 Þe Confederatyown Ðat wes be-twene Þe Rewmys twa.

a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 227 Thomas Mounbray [and] Richard Scrop..mad confederacion þat þei schuld help to amende þe insolens in þe reme.

c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Pij v They haue no frendshyp, but conspyracyon And to do myschefe, confederacyon.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings ix. 14 Iehu..made a confederacion agaynst Ioram.

1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 197 [They] met accordingly, and there fully concluded all the articles of their confederation.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 60 Confederations and alliances between Princes are rarely long-lived.

1777 (title) Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, etc.

1802 J. Adolphus Hist. Eng. (1817) II. 364 They voted articles of confederation and union, in which they assumed the appellation of ‘the United States of America’.

1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 52 A majority of the States, necessary by the Confederation to constitute a House.

1885 Manch. Examiner 14 Oct. 5/3 [A] scheme for the confederation of the colonies.

2. A number of states (or formerly of persons) united by a league; a body of states united for certain common purposes.In modern political use, ‘confederation’ is usually limited to a permanent union of sovereign states for common action in relation to externals. Such were the following: Germanic Confederation: see Germanic adj.¹ and n. Compounds. Confederation of the Rhine, the union of certain German States under the protection of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1806 to 1813. New England Confederation, the union of four New England colonies for common defence against the Dutch and the Indians, 1643–84. The United States of America are commonly described as a Confederation (or confederacy) from 1777 to 1789; but from 1789, their closer union has been considered a ‘federation’ or federal republic.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] > group associated for common purpose

covinc1330

lyancec1380

university?1473

army1540

band1557

union1603

coalescence1609

confederation1621

associationa1658

confederacy1681

federation1791

brigade1806

united front1807

class movement1839

company1839

paction1877

combine1889

protest movement1898

protest group1920

minority movement1923

we1926

power1966

society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > a union or confederacy of states

confederation1621

confederacy1681

incorporating union1706

United States1784

federacy1803

trialism1908

union1909

society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance

confederacya1387

fellowshipa1400

band1452

league1452

societyc1540

federacy1598

confederation1621

1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 156 An offensiue and defensiue league, into which first entred the Uranians, Swits, and Vndervaldens Anno 1316: neither were they all vnited into one confederation till the yeare 1513.

1836 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. V. xlii. 689 The title of Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine.

1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 191 The present Germanic Confederation, established by.. the Congress of Vienna on the 8th June 1815, consists of 38 Independent States. The central point and the organ of the Confederation is the Federative diet, which sits at Frankfort on the Main.

1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 45 Their confederation is said to have always consisted of twelve towns.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 208 Doubtless the foremost member of the Danish Civic Confederation.

Derivatives

confedeˈrationist n. an adherent or supporter of a confederation.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > federalism > adherent of

federalist1787

Federatist1792

confederalist1848

confederationist1861

federationist1864

1861 Louisville Jrnl. The confederationists may be of one bone with their new President.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Oct. 6/2 ‘Confederationist’, or Young Irelander.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	confederation
释义	confederationn. /kənfɛdəˈreɪʃən/ Forms: In Middle English–1500s -acion, -acyon. Etymology: < French confédération, in Old French -acion (14th cent. in Littré), < Latin confoederātiōn-em (Jerome), noun of action < confoederāre : see confederate adj. and n. 1. The action of confederating, or condition of being confederated; a league, an alliance (between persons or states; in modern use only the latter). Formerly also in a bad sense, Conspiracy. articles of confederation: provisions (embodied in clauses) in accordance with which parties confederate; in U.S. History esp. those adopted by the Continental Congress of 1777, in accordance with which the thirteen American colonies that had separated from Great Britain formed themselves into the confederation, which was superseded by the closer union established in 1789. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] > action of fasteningOE confederationc1425 confedering1530 banding1593 bandying1599 coalescence1609 associating1644 concorporating1648 federation1652 confederating1687 fraternizing1793 colleaguing1817 leaguing1841 ganging1891 gang-up1936 gang-banging1966 society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > action of confederationc1425 federation1652 leaguing1841 the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > conspiracy conspiracyc1386 conspiration1388 confederationc1530 faction1549 conspiring1561 combination1593 complotment1594 confederacy1594 complotting1607 colluding1611 compacta1616 trinketing1646 caballinga1680 cabal1738 colloguing1880 collogue1887 the mind > will > intention > planning > plotting > [noun] > a plot > a conspiracy feudc1300 conspirationa1340 conspiracyc1386 confederacy1389 conspirement1393 confederation1535 complot1587 combine1610 champerty1622 cabal1663 frame-up1899 frame1914 stitch-up1980 c1425 Wyntoun Cron. viii. xv. 116 Þe Confederatyown Ðat wes be-twene Þe Rewmys twa. a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 227 Thomas Mounbray [and] Richard Scrop..mad confederacion þat þei schuld help to amende þe insolens in þe reme. c1530 A. Barclay Egloges iii. sig. Pij v They haue no frendshyp, but conspyracyon And to do myschefe, confederacyon. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings ix. 14 Iehu..made a confederacion agaynst Ioram. 1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 197 [They] met accordingly, and there fully concluded all the articles of their confederation. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 60 Confederations and alliances between Princes are rarely long-lived. 1777 (title) Articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, etc. 1802 J. Adolphus Hist. Eng. (1817) II. 364 They voted articles of confederation and union, in which they assumed the appellation of ‘the United States of America’. 1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 52 A majority of the States, necessary by the Confederation to constitute a House. 1885 Manch. Examiner 14 Oct. 5/3 [A] scheme for the confederation of the colonies. 2. A number of states (or formerly of persons) united by a league; a body of states united for certain common purposes.In modern political use, ‘confederation’ is usually limited to a permanent union of sovereign states for common action in relation to externals. Such were the following: Germanic Confederation: see Germanic adj.¹ and n. Compounds. Confederation of the Rhine, the union of certain German States under the protection of Napoleon Bonaparte from 1806 to 1813. New England Confederation, the union of four New England colonies for common defence against the Dutch and the Indians, 1643–84. The United States of America are commonly described as a Confederation (or confederacy) from 1777 to 1789; but from 1789, their closer union has been considered a ‘federation’ or federal republic. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association for a common purpose > [noun] > group associated for common purpose covinc1330 lyancec1380 university?1473 army1540 band1557 union1603 coalescence1609 confederation1621 associationa1658 confederacy1681 federation1791 brigade1806 united front1807 class movement1839 company1839 paction1877 combine1889 protest movement1898 protest group1920 minority movement1923 we1926 power1966 society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > a union or confederacy of states confederation1621 confederacy1681 incorporating union1706 United States1784 federacy1803 trialism1908 union1909 society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > international agreements > [noun] > alliance or confederacy > an alliance confederacya1387 fellowshipa1400 band1452 league1452 societyc1540 federacy1598 confederation1621 1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 156 An offensiue and defensiue league, into which first entred the Uranians, Swits, and Vndervaldens Anno 1316: neither were they all vnited into one confederation till the yeare 1513. 1836 A. Alison Hist. Europe from French Revol. V. xlii. 689 The title of Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 191 The present Germanic Confederation, established by.. the Congress of Vienna on the 8th June 1815, consists of 38 Independent States. The central point and the organ of the Confederation is the Federative diet, which sits at Frankfort on the Main. 1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 45 Their confederation is said to have always consisted of twelve towns. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 208 Doubtless the foremost member of the Danish Civic Confederation. Derivatives confedeˈrationist n. an adherent or supporter of a confederation. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > federalism > adherent of federalist1787 Federatist1792 confederalist1848 confederationist1861 federationist1864 1861 Louisville Jrnl. The confederationists may be of one bone with their new President. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Oct. 6/2 ‘Confederationist’, or Young Irelander. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.c1425
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