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nationhood

[ ney-shuhn-hood ]

/ ˈneɪ ʃənˌhʊd /

noun

the state or quality of having status as a separate and independent nation: an African colony that achieved nationhood.

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Origin of nationhood

First recorded in 1840–50; nation + -hood

Words nearby nationhood

national unity government, National War Labor Board, National Weather Service, nation-building, Nation, Carry, nationhood, Nation of Islam, nation-state, nationwide, native, native advertising

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Example sentences from the Web for nationhood

I believe the decision of the next few days will prove to be the crisis in America's nationhood.
Carry On|Coningsby Dawson
It is at the bottom of the problem, because it is the beginning of Australian independence, of her rise to nationhood.
The Pacific Triangle|Sydney Greenbie
The answer to the riddle of the definition of nationhood is to be found in the conception of the group mind.
The Group Mind|William McDougall
He formulated the demand for Irish nationhood with clearness and precision.
Ireland Since Parnell|Daniel Desmond Sheehan

No, it is too late by many a thousand years to deny your nationhood, for it is the most enduring fact in human records.
Windfalls|(AKA Alpha of the Plough) Alfred George Gardiner

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