nationhood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nationhood
Example Sentences
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They were also potent for exactly the same reason: they took a distant argument about nationhood and shrank it down to lunch.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
Essentially, the opinion treated conscription as a natural incident of nationhood.
From Slate ● Apr. 15, 2026
Right from the start we had problems with our nationhood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
The judges called it "an intimate and expansive epic about two people finding a pathway to love and each other", adding: "Rich in meditations about class, race and nationhood, this book has it all."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
And for Miig, I could see why it was doubly important to establish nationhood.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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