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ethnostate

American  
[eth-noh-steyt] / ˈɛθ noʊˌsteɪt /
Or ethno-state

noun

  1. a country populated by, or dominated by the interests of, a single racial or ethnic group.

    Some white nationalist movements envision an ethnostate as the ideal.


Etymology

Origin of ethnostate

First recorded in 1990–95; ethno- ( def. ) + state ( def. )

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Mr. Cain never bought into the far right’s most extreme views, like Holocaust denial or the need for a white ethnostate, he said.

From New York Times • Jun. 8, 2019

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