Petrostate
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A state whose wealth stems from the sale of oil.
"Under subsequent democratic regimes, as we shall see, some of these features of the petrostate were to change, while others were intensified."
Example
More examples"Under subsequent democratic regimes, as we shall see, some of these features of the petrostate were to change, while others were intensified."
Etymology
From petro- + state.