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Noun
S:
(n)
Confederacy
,
Confederate States
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Confederate States of America
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South
,
Dixie
,
Dixieland
(the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861)
S:
(n)
confederation
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confederacy
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federation
(a union of political organizations)
S:
(n)
conspiracy
,
confederacy
(a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose)
member meronym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
set
,
circle
,
band
,
lot
(an unofficial association of people or groups)
"the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"
S:
(n)
social group
(people sharing some social relation)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
group
,
grouping
(any number of entities (members) considered as a unit)
S:
(n)
abstraction
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abstract entity
(a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
direct hyponym
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full hyponym
direct hypernym
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inherited hypernym
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sister term
S:
(n)
entity
(that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
derivationally related form
derivationally related form
S:
(n)
conspiracy
,
confederacy
(a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act)