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TOEFL BNC: 38128 COCA: 26142

confederacy

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confederacy /kənˈfɛdərəsi/ noun
plural confederacies
confederacy
/kənˈfɛdərəsi/
noun
plural confederacies
Learner's definition of CONFEDERACY
1 
[count] : a group of people, countries, organizations, etc., that are joined together in some activity or effort联盟；同盟
2 
the Confederacy : the group of 11 southern states that separated themselves from the U.S. during the American Civil War（美国南北战争时期的）南部邦联
TOEFL BNC: 38128 COCA: 26142

confederacy

noun

con·​fed·​er·​a·​cy kən-ˈfe-d(ə-)rə-sē How to pronounce confederacy (audio)
plural confederacies
1
: a group of people, countries, organizations, etc. joined together for a common purpose or by a common interest : league, alliance
The artists came together as a confederacy of craftsmen a few years ago with the notion that, at least in the realm of marketing and getting the public's attention, there is power in numbers. Wallace Baine
… as audiences splinter into increasingly antagonistic confederacies, finding images and themes which speak to a shared human condition can be a daunting task. Brian Gable
also : a group of people working together for unlawful purposes : conspiracy
… a corrupt confederacy of pimps, profiteers and putzes with an instinct for ignorance and ill will. Mark Kriegel
2
a
: an entity (see entity sense 3) formed by a confederacy of nations, states, etc.
"Bush Runner" is not an easy book to read … , but it offers many rewards, especially to a reader keen to know more about early Canadian history. … it focuses on the early days of European contact with the Indigenous peoples and tribal confederacies along the St. Lawrence River, as well as in the Great Lakes and Hudson's Bay regions. Michael Peterman
b
the Confederacy, in U.S. history : the 11 southern states of the United States (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, and later also the states of Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia) during their secession from the United States between 1860 and 1865

Synonyms

Example Sentences

a confederacy of native tribes the last state to join the Confederacy
Recent Examples on the Web Queen Elizabeth II oversaw the transformation of the British empire into a commonwealth of nations, and the United Kingdom into a devolved but unified confederacy of nation states. Laura Beers, CNN, 8 Sep. 2022 Emancipation of the enslaved in 1863, the defeat of the Confederate states in 1865, and postwar Reconstruction did not prevent the reestablishment of an informal confederacy. Jonathan Stevenson, The New York Review of Books, 7 Sep. 2022 Milton Friedman told a story about the hyper-inflation of the U.S. confederacy during the Civil War. Clem Chambers, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022 For Rose, monuments and reenactments honoring the confederacy are not a way to represent history. Steve Osunsami, ABC News, 18 Apr. 2022 By definition, support of the confederacy is anti-American. Essence, 1 Aug. 2017 Control of the Powhatan confederacy passed to his brother Opitchapam (also known as Itoyhatin), who worked closely with another brother, Opechancanough. Peter C. Mancall, Time, 22 Mar. 2022 When the Georgia Historical Society took over the marker program from the state in 1998, Groce said 2,000 markers were already up, most of them connected to the confederacy and the Civil War. New York Times, 27 Jan. 2022 Despite campaign promises to heal the deep political divisions in the country, President Biden went on the attack this week, comparing those opposing his voting rights bill to segregationists and icons of the confederacy. ABC News, 16 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of confederacy was in the 14th century
TOEFL BNC: 38128 COCA: 26142

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