单词 | federalist |
释义 | federalistn.adj. A. n. An advocate or supporter of federal union, or of a (strong) federal government; (U.S.) (usually with capital initial) a member or supporter of the Federalist party (see sense B. 2) (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [noun] > principles or policies > adherents or supporters of well-born1629 liberty boy1766 federalist1787 anti1788 Fed1788 monocrat1792 anti-federal1805 blue light1814 dough face1820 colonizationist1823 slavite1831 hunker1849 states' righter1861 slavist1889 Little American1899 New Frontiersman1923 America Firster1927 new federalist1969 angry white male1991 angry white man1993 AWM1994 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 1787 J. Madison in Daily Advertiser (N.Y.) 22 Nov. Ought to be our zeal in cherishing the spirit, and supporting the character of Federalists. 1788 Addit. Lett. from Federal Farmer to Republican 48 Some of the advocates are only pretended federalists; in fact they wish for an abolition of the state governments. 1799 Ann. Reg. 1792 (Otridge ed.) Explan. New Terms p. xv Federalists, or friends to a federal union; such as that..among the United States of America. 1800 ‘Caius’ Few Remarks on Mr. Hamilton's Late Let. 19 No good Federalist has at present any wish to shake the fair and stately pillars of its fabric, and o'er its lamented ruins to erect the frightful columns of uncouth monarchy. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. 30 The federalists are the great patrons of commerce. 1848 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy Past & Present II. xii. 436 The federalists in Switzerland have only yesterday baffled both those evil powers. 1874 H. Fawcett Man. Polit. Econ. (ed. 4) ii. x. 273 The federalists say that if all the productive societies are in direct connection with the Central Wholesale Society a..market for their produce is insured. 1949 Pennsylvania Hist. Apr. 128 In 1800..the Republicans overthrew the Federalists and took control in Pennsylvania. 1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 29 Apr. 8/2 At the start of his career he described himself as a ‘mild federalist’. 2012 Sunday Independent (Ireland) (Nexis) 28 Oct. We cannot abandon the vital democratic debate on Europe to a Punch and Judy show between federalists and iconoclastic Little Irelanders. B. adj. 1. Of or relating to federalists; that favours or promotes federalism. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [adjective] > relating to or supporting federalism or union federalist1794 federalizing1800 Unitarian1816 unionist1825 unionistic1840 federalistic1844 federationist1978 1794 in tr. P.-E. Béraud Narr. Siege Lyons Advt. sig. a2 It includes an account of the great part of those circumstances which attended the rise, the efforts, and the repression of the Federalist party. 1801 W. Dupré Lexicographia-neologica Gallica 117 Federalist motions and intrigues. 1874 Fraser's Mag. Jan. 5/2 It is to..once and for ever determine the Constitutional position of Ireland, that the Federalist scheme is now proposed. 1904 Spectator 19 Mar. 449/1 The growth of a Federalist feeling [in Hungary] which is of necessity running counter to the German Centralism in Austria. 1953 Manch. Guardian 11 May 2/10 The French felt frustrated by what had been created at Strasbourg and very soon they decided to go ahead with their federalist plans on the more limited scale of the Six. 1995 Guardian 23 Sept. (Outlook section) 24/2 Labour's outlook is statist, centralist, not unlike the Tories, where the Lib Dems' is instinctively federalist, devolutionary. 2003 P. Craig & G. De Búrca EU Law (ed. 3) i. 13 He strenuously objected to the ‘federalist logic’ of the proposal. 2. spec. U.S. Usually with capital initial. Designating a political party formed in the early years of American independence, advocating a strong central government and the maintenance of good commercial and diplomatic relations with Britain; of or relating to this party. Frequently in Federalist party. Cf. federal adj. 4a. Now historical.The Federalist party (also known as the Federal party) was formed in the 1790s under the leadership of Alexander Hamilton and was broadly associated with the political ideas of the non-partisan George Washington. It was opposed by the Democratic (or Democratic Republican) Party (see Democratic Party n. at democratic adj. and n. Compounds), and went into decline following the defeat of John Adams by Thomas Jefferson in the presidential election of 1800; it was defunct by the 1820s. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > other parties republican1785 federalist1795 republican1800 National Republican1831 Native American1835 free soil1845 know-nothing1853 1795 L. J. Jardine Let. from Pennsylvania 25 The Federalist party have much the same disposition as the Court party in England. 1806 Christian Observer June 388/2 The Federalist party..seem to regard the circumstance as affording a favourable opportunity of obtaining popularity at the expence of Jefferson and his party. 1876 N. Amer. Rev. July 130 The Federalist party was a very remarkable political organization. 1920 Socialist Rev. Apr. 275/2 Worst of all, from the Federalist point of view, the virulence of these newcomers was being exploited by Jefferson and his supporters. 1990 R. H. Bork Tempting of Amer. 21 President John Adams..wished to preserve the national judiciary as a Federalist Party stronghold. 2002 D. J. Tichenor Dividing Lines iii. 55 Hamilton himself proposed a Washington Constitutional Society dedicated to providing assistance to immigrants who might later repay Federalist generosities on election day. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1787 |
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