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megastate en · NOUN

Etymology

From mega- + state.

Meanings

1. A very large geopolitical state.
   • At the dawn of the millennium, it is the fourth largest in the country, a megastate that was among those introducing new words into the American vernacular […] 2008, Gary R. Mormino, Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida:
   • […] the idea that a megastate like China or India might pass through a full-blown industrial revolution simply boggles the mind. 2005, Paul Roberts, The end of oil: on the edge of a perilous new world:

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