nationhood
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of nationhood
Example Sentences
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Essentially, the opinion treated conscription as a natural incident of nationhood.
From Slate • Apr. 15, 2026
Especially via elegies for men lost in battle over the past 250 years, the poems measure and celebrate the cost of nationhood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
The Guardian's art critic Adrian Searle said of Matić's work: "Peace and protest, friendship and family are all mixed together, along with contested ideas of nationhood and belonging."
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
In his heyday, in the 1990s, Mr. Murphy was the rare political commentator who commanded a countrywide audience, skewering Canada’s elites as well as its sometimes fragile sense of nationhood.
From New York Times • May 18, 2024
Its arches are adorned by sculptures representing motherhood and nationhood.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
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