Nation state

Synonyms for "nation state" (10 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
countrynation-centric

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
nationalnational statenationalistic

Related words (5)

Noun(5 words)
political entitysovereignsovereign statestate-centeredstate-focused

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

8 entries
academic descriptordiscipline termgeopolitical unitpolitical descriptorpolitical entitypolitical unitstatestate related adjective

More specific

10 entries
civic nation-stateethnic nation-statenation-state border policynation-state formationnation-state governancenation-state policynation-state sovereigntynation-state stabilitynation-state taxationnation-state welfare policy

Collocations

12 entries
nation state boundariesnation state formationnation state identitynation state legitimacynation state policynation state sovereigntynation-state bordersnation-state diplomacynation-state formationnation-state governancenation-state policynation-state sovereignty

Inflections

1 entries
nation states

Derivations

5 entries
nation-state entitynation-state governancenation-state policynation-state sovereigntynationhood

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]:[…]; […] or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.

Source: wiktionary

But times have changed, and mother / Standing at the garden gate / Calls us home for dinner / With the nation state

Source: wiktionary

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