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postfederal

postfederal adjective: of or relating to a period when cities in the United States can no longer rely on federal funding and must seek local sources.

Adjective

postfederal (not comparable)

  1. (US) Of or relating to a period when cities in the United States can no longer rely on federal funding and must seek local sources.
    • No other major industrialized democracy puts its cities in the circumstance that American cities face in the postfederal era of needing to attract investment through local entrepreneurial activity.2001, Matthew Burbank, Gregory Andranovich, Charles H. Heying, Olympic Dreams: The Impact of Mega-events on Local Politics, page 8

Origin of postfederal

From post- + federal.

Questions about postfederal

What does postfederal mean?
Postfederal means of or relating to a period when cities in the United States can no longer rely on federal funding and must seek local sources.
What part of speech is postfederal?
Postfederal is an adjective.

Words near postfederal in the dictionary

  1. postfatory
  2. postfault
  3. postfeast
  4. postfeasts
  5. postfebrile
  6. postfederal
  7. postfeed
  8. postfeedback
  9. postfeeding
  10. postfeminism
  11. postfeminisms

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