federalistとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From federal +‎ -ist, formed in contrast with earlier anti-federalist.

名詞

Federalist (plural Federalists)

1. (US politics, historical) A member of the Federalist Party, a 18th- and 19th-century conservative, liberal US political party which was one of two major parties under the First Party System.

   Antonyms: Republican, Democratic-Republican, Antifederalist

   • 1800, Caius, A few remarks on Mr. Hamilton's late letter, concerning the public conduct & character, of the president:

     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.

派生語

• federalist

参考

• Whig
• Democrat
• Free Soil

参照

• “federalist”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.