Ethnostate
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group.
"Richard Spencer and others fantasize about a white ethno-state — this is the Northwest Territorial Imperative, or Northwest Imperative, that would stretch from Montana to Oregon and Washington State."
Example
More examples"Richard Spencer and others fantasize about a white ethno-state — this is the Northwest Territorial Imperative, or Northwest Imperative, that would stretch from Montana to Oregon and Washington State."
Etymology
From ethno- + state.
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