federalization
noun
federalization is a noun meaning “The unification of states to form a federal union” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled F-E-D-E-R-A-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 11 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of federalization is federalizations.
What does federalization mean?
noun
- 1
BritishUSThe unification of states to form a federal union.
- 2
BritishUSThe assumption of control or authority by a federal government.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of federalization
- federalizations plural
- federalisation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is federalization?
Federalization appears about once in every 11 million words in written English, the 100,430th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Federalization in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense unification of states:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fédéralisation |
| German | Föderalisierung |
| Portuguese | federalização |
| Spanish | federalización |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.