Talk:federalist

Evolution of Meaning in USA

As I am told by others, modern day political 'federalist' positions (Federalist Society and similar) in the USA are similar to the positions of the anti-federalists during the founding of the USA: belief in a more strictly limited federal government, attaching importance to the Bill of Rights, etc. In contrast, the federalism of the founding period emphasized a strong central government. I don't know if these two forms of 'federalist' or perhaps 'federalism' could be distinguished in subdefinitions or a usage note, perhaps with a gloss such as (early USA) and (20th century politics) etc. I am not fully acquainted with the niceties, but this may be a worthwhile area to explore an evolution of meaning. If there were a scholarly article discussing a difference between the two forms (or other forms of the ideology in other nations), it might be possible to make a credible split of the definition. --Geographyinitiative (talk) 17:08, 2 March 2022 (UTC)