nation-state en · NOUN
Etymology
Compound of nation + state. Coined c. 1890s under the influence of European languages; compare German Nationalstaat (from 1840s), Italian Stato-nazione (from 1860s).
Meanings
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A political entity (a state) associated with a common national identity (historically, culturally, or ethnically; as with a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.
Two years on, and while the Sultan of Slowjamastan has instigated more than a few bizarre laws (he’s outlawed the wearing of Crocs, for example), the Republic also has all the trappings of a fledgling nation-state. It issues its own passports, flies its own flag, prints its own currency (“the duble”), and has a national anthem that’s played on state occasions.
2023 June 8, Richard Collett, “He ran out of countries to visit, so he created his own”, in CNN:
- (broadly, proscribed) Any independent political state; a country.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nation state | alternative | lexicographic | |
| nation-states | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
civilization-state · ethnostate
Deriveds
Translations (59)
mk национална држава (polity) · da nationalstat (polity) · be нацыянальная дзяржава (polity) · sq shteti komb (polity) · it Stato-nazione (polity) · hy ազգ պետություն (polity) · th รัฐชาติ (polity) · id negara-bangsa (polity) · sk národný štát (polity) · ca estat nació (polity) · pa ਕੌਮੀ ਰਾਜ (polity) · ja 国民国家 (polity) · eu nazio-estatu (polity) · ka ერი-სახელმწიფო (polity) · fi kansallisvaltio (polity) · sl nacionalna država (polity) · ru госуда́рство-на́ция (polity) · hi राष्ट्र-राज्य (polity) · fa دولت ملی (polity) · bn জাতিরাষ্ট্র (polity) · et rahvusriik (polity) · kk ұлттық мемлекет (polity) · uk націона́льна держа́ва (polity) · af nasiestaat (polity) · el εθνικό κράτος (polity) · he מדינת לאום (polity) · cmn 民族國家 /民族国家 (polity) · nl natiestaat (polity) · ro stat național (polity) · az milli dövlət (polity) · eo nacio-ŝtato (polity) · ko 국민 국가 (polity) · tr ulus devlet (polity) · cs národní stát (polity) · hu nemzetállam (polity) · ga náisiúnstát (polity) · lt tautos valstybė (polity) · pl państwo narodowe (polity) · vi quốc gia dân tộc (polity) · ru национа́льное госуда́рство (polity) · nn nasjonalstat (polity) · jv ꦤꦒꦫꦶ-ꦧꦁꦱ (polity) · ta தேசிய அரசு (polity) · sv nationalstat (polity) · is þjóðríki (polity) · fr État-nation (polity) · de Nationalstaat (polity) · sh nacionalna država (polity) · ur قومی ریاست (polity) · nb nasjonalstat (polity) · ar دَوْلَة قَوْمِيَّة (polity) · bg национална държава (polity) · es estado-nación (polity) · ms negara bangsa (polity) · gl estado-nación (polity) · pt estado-nação (polity) · lv nacionāla valsts (polity) · cy cenedl-wladwriaeth (polity) · sh национална држава (polity)