nation-state

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Etymology

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Compound of nation +‎ state. Coined c. 1890s under the influence of European languages; compare German Nationalstaat (from 1840s), Italian Stato-nazione (from 1860s).

Noun

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nation-state (plural nation-states)

  1. (politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.
    Coordinate terms: ethnostate, civilization-state

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