anti-ˈfederaladj.n.
U.S.
A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characterized by opposition to federalism in the early years of American independence.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > American politics > [adjective] > favouring specific principles or policies
federal1787
anti-federal1788
rep1812
dough-faced1820
republican1854
hunkerish1857
unreconstructed1865
reservationist1919
America First1925
McCarthyite1952
1788 R. King Life & Corr. (1894) I. 327 Of three thousand votes given..not more than two hundred were in favor of the antifederal Ticket.
1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems (1806) 55 And swears no anti-federal noddy Has half a soul to bless his body.
B. n.
An opponent of federalism.
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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
1805 T. G. Fessenden Democracy Unveiled i. 13 As Tories many of you vex'd us, As Antifederals then perplex'd us.
Derivatives
anti-ˈfed adj. and n.
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1788 Maryland Jrnl. 3 June The famous Dr. Spring asked a lady on which side she was, fed, or antifed.
1805 T. G. Fessenden Democracy Unveiled iii. 69 Supported by the factious heads Of crooked, restless, Antifeds.
anti-ˈfederalism n.
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1788 C. Gore in R. King Life & Corr. (1894) I. 348 Non-residence in one candidate..who was abhorred for his anti-federalism.
anti-ˈfederalist adj. and n.
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1787 Independent Gazetteer (Philadelphia) 28 Sept. This anti-federalist should reflect that his name may yet be known and himself branded with infamy as an enemy to the happiness of the United States.
1800 Aurora (Philadelphia) 28 Nov. By anti-federalist, the same is meant as by jacobin,..and the like.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online November 2010).
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adj.n.1787