Although uniquely favored by relatively viable political institutions, India yet shares this uncertainty with a large number of countries for which independence is but a first step on the road to nation-building.
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Nation-building
Synonyms for "nation-building"
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7 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- kansakunnan rakentaminen noun (unifying the people within a state)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- netewesazî noun (unifying the people within a state)
Persian
1 entries- ملتسازی noun (unifying the people within a state)
Polish
1 entries- budowa narodu noun (unifying the people within a state)
Russian
1 entries- национа́льное строи́тельство noun (unifying the people within a state)
Ukrainian
1 entries- націєтво́рення noun (unifying the people within a state)
Vietnamese
1 entries- xây dựng đất nước noun (unifying the people within a state)
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The state hierarchizes sexuality by defining homosexuality as an influence that corrupts minors. Such a discourse produces a notion of the correct sexual behavior that transcends into the political realm, reinforcing the heteronationalistic nature of the nation-building.
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The mythologizing, carried out over many decades, granted Italian-Americans “a formative role in the nation-building narrative.”
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