NOUN | cognition | states' rights | a doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states |
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attribute | states' rights | the rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution |
Meaning | A doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states. | |
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Narrower | nullification | The states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress |
Broader | doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism | A belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school |
Meaning | The rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution. | |
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Broader | right | An abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature |
Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
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