federalism

political concept that advocates a federal state
Intangible political_ideology Q204886
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federalism

Summary

federalism is a political ideology[1]. federalism ranks in the top 7% of political_ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,151 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • federalism's instance of is recorded as political ideology[3].
  • federalism's instance of is recorded as political concept[4].
  • federalism is a type of political ideology[5].
  • federalism's Commons category is recorded as Federalism[6].
  • federalism is the opposite of anti-federalism[7].
  • federalism is the opposite of unitarism[8].
  • federalism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Federalism[9].
  • federalism's facet of is recorded as multi-level governance[10].
  • federalism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopedia of Political Theory[11].
  • federalism's different from is recorded as separation of powers[12].
  • federalism's different from is recorded as federal system[13].
  • federalism's different from is recorded as confederalism[14].
  • federalism's practiced by is recorded as federalist[15].
  • federalism's has goal is recorded as federation[16].
  • federalism's has goal is recorded as federal system[17].
  • federalism's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[18].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include political ideology[3] and political concept[4]. federalism is a type of political ideology[5]. Recorded opposite of include anti-federalism[7] and unitarism[8].

Why It Matters

federalism ranks in the top 7% of political_ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,151 views/month).[2] federalism has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] federalism is known by 36 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has goal federation, federal system
    Described by source Encyclopedia of Political Theory
    Opposite of anti-federalism, unitarism
    Instance of political ideology, political concept
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 9471, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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