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RELATED WORDS : american federation of labor american federation of labor and congress of indus capital of the russian federation federation of saint kitts and nevis federation of tribes russian federation

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Noun federation has 3 senses

• federation(n = noun.group) Array - an organization formed by merging several groups or parties; Array
is a kind of organisation, organization
has particulars: afl, american federation of labor, afl-cio, american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations, cio, congress of industrial organizations
Derived form verb federate₂

• federation(n = noun.group) confederacy, confederation - a union of political organizations; Array
has particulars: nation, creek confederacy, hanseatic league
is a kind of union
Derived form verb federate₂

• federation(n = noun.act) Array - the act of constituting a political unity out of a number of separate states or colonies or provinces so that each member retains the management of its internal affairs; Array
is a kind of constitution, establishment, formation, organisation, organization
Derived form verb federate₂

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federation

Anschluss, Bund, Rochdale cooperative, absolute monarchy, addition, affiliation, agglomeration, aggregation, agreement, alignment, alliance, amalgamation, anschluss, aristocracy, assemblage, assimilation, association, autarchy, autocracy, autonomy, axis, band, blend, blending, bloc, body, cabal, cahoots, cartel, centralization, coadunation, coalescence, coalition, coalition government, colleagueship, college, collegialism, collegiality, colonialism, combination, combine, combo, common market, commonwealth, composition, comradeship, confederacy, confederation, confraternity, congeries, conglomeration, conjugation, conjunction, consolidation, conspiracy, constitutional government, constitutional monarchy, consumer cooperative, cooperative, cooperative society, copartnership, copartnery, corps, council, credit union, customs union, democracy, dictatorship, dominion rule, duarchy, duumvirate, dyarchy, economic community, ecumenism, embodiment, encompassment, enosis, federal government, federalization, fellowship, feudal system, fraternalism, fraternity, fraternization, free trade area, freemasonry, fusion, gang, garrison state, gerontocracy, group, grouping, heteronomy, hierarchy, hierocracy, home rule, hookup, inclusion, incorporation, integration, junction, junta, league, limited monarchy, machine, marriage, martial law, meld, melding, merger, meritocracy, militarism, military government, mob, mob rule, mobocracy, monarchy, neocolonialism, ochlocracy, oligarchy, package, package deal, pantisocracy, partnership, patriarchate, patriarchy, police state, political machine, pure democracy, regency, representative democracy, representative government, republic, ring, self-determination, self-government, social democracy, society, sodality, solidification, sorority, stratocracy, syncretism, syndication, syneresis, synthesis, technocracy, thearchy, theocracy, tie-in, tie-up, totalitarian government, totalitarian regime, triarchy, triumvirate, tyranny, unification, union, wedding, welfare state

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Party

N party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino, machine, Tammany, Tammany Hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, Verein, Bund, Zollverein, combination, Turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue, freemasonry, party spirit, Confederates, Conservatives, Democrats, Federalists, Federals, Freemason, Knight Templar, Kuklux, Kuklux Klan, KKK, Liberals, Luddites, Republicans, Socialists, Tories, Whigs staff, dramatis personae, in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked, joined together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint, hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat.

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