statehood en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈsteɪthʊd/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state Proto-Indo-European *keyt-der. Proto-Germanic *haiduzder. Proto-West Germanic *-haiduder. Old English -hād Middle English -hede English -hood English statehood From state + -hood.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country.
Alaska didn't attain statehood until 1959, when it became the 49th state of the United States.
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(countable, uncountable) The condition of being a country.
Medvedev cited these supposed “Western analysts” in order to propagate Russia’s colonial fantasy: envisioning Ukraine’s territory reduced to just the Kyiv region, while the remainder of Ukraine would be divided among Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. Such a narrative recalls Putin’s February 2022 speech questioning Ukraine’s statehood and accompanies intensifying Russian calls to expand its “special military operation” to realize its imperial map.
2022 August 24, “Russia’s War on Ukraine: Six Months of Lies, Implemented”, in United States Department of State, archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| statehoods | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Translations (19)
pl państwowość (property of being a state) · hy պետականություն (property of being a state) · de Staatlichkeit (property of being a state) · fi valtion asema (property of being a state) · hu államiság (property of being a state) · uk держа́вність (property of being a state) · es estadidad (property of being a state) · cs suverenita (property of being a state) · es condición de estado (property of being a state) · mk др́жавност (property of being a state) · id kehidupan bernegara (property of being a state) · ms taraf negara (property of being a state) · ru госуда́рственность (property of being a state) · pt estadualidade (property of being a state) · cs státnost (property of being a state) · az dövlətçilik (property of being a state) · ca condició d'estat (property of being a state) · fi osavaltion asema (property of being a state) · fi osavaltioasema (property of being a state)