confederacy

FREQ #26448

n. 联盟, 邦联 [法] 共谋, 违法的结社, 联盟

发音

其它 /kənˈfɛdəɹəsi/

词形变化

confederacies 复数 confederacies

别名

confœderacy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An alliance.

  2. 2.

    A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.

    政治
  3. 3.

    Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.

    The Blackfoot, Iroquois, and Sioux peoples all were governed as confederacies. There were also multi-ethnic confederacies, such as the Iron Confederacy made up of the Plains Cree, Assiniboine, Stoney, and Saulteaux.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

conspiracy federation confederation

上位词 7

lot set band union understanding circle agreement

下位词 2

nation conspiracy of silence

部分词 4

conspirator co-conspirator machinator plotter

相关短语

Iroquois Confederacy Wabanaki Confederacy Neutral Confederacy Old Swiss Confederacy Swiss Confederacy

词源

From Middle English confederacie, from Anglo-Norman confederacie, from Latin cōnfoederātiō. Doublet of confederation.

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