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STATES' RIGHTS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The rights conceded to the states by the United States constitution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("states' rights" is a kind of...):
right (an abstract idea of that which is due to a person or governmental body by law or tradition or nature)
Domain usage:
plural; plural form (the form of a word that is used to denote more than one)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A doctrine that federal powers should be curtailed and returned to the individual states
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("states' rights" is a kind of...):
doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "states' rights"):
nullification (the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress)
