nation-state

[ ney-shuhn-steyt ]

noun

a sovereign state inhabited by a relatively homogeneous group of people who share a feeling of common nationality.

Origin of nation-state

First recorded in 1915–20

Words Nearby nation-state

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How to use nation-state in a sentence

Now, its descendent organizations are dedicated to advancing the 20th-century throwback notion of the primacy of the nation-state.
Can Ukraine Control Its Far Right Ultranationalists? | Oleg Shynkarenko | March 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Europe is more post-modern and the U.S. is more modern in the sense that it still adheres to the values of the nation state.
Sunday Q&A: Josef Joffe on the Myth of American Decline | Michael Moynihan | November 17, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
At the same time, however, the State of Israel is the nation-state for the entirety of the Jewish people.
End the Chief Rabbinate’s Monopoly | Rabbi Avi Weiss | November 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Israel is a nation state like many nation states established as part of the flowering of nineteenth century European nationalism.
An Ahistorical Tantrum In The Times | Gil Troy | March 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Yes, a Jewish nation-state can help develop and promote that message.
Daniel Gordis And The Jewish Nation-State | Sigal Samuel | February 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST

Since old China was rarely confronted with international problems, the Chinese were not aware of their realm as a nation-state.
Government in Republican China | Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger
It is the same sense of community held, at a different scale and with different goals, by the nation-state.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
Together with the nation-state, the modern notion of nationality was defined and became a major force of political life.
The Civilization of Illiteracy | Mihai Nadin
Indeed, the predicament of the nation-state is such that going back may be the only benign way of going forward.
After the Rain | Sam Vaknin
The first, that the nation state is far too simple a solution of modern difficulties.
Recent Developments in European Thought | Various

British Dictionary definitions for nation-state

nation-state

noun

an independent state inhabited by all the people of one nation and one nation only

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