单词 | nation-state |
释义 | nation-staten. An independent political state formed from a people who share a common national identity (historically, culturally, or ethnically); (more generally) any independent political state.A nation-state may be distinguished from states which comprise two or more historically distinct peoples, or which comprise only part of a historical people. However, such distinctions are frequently problematic. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > constituting a nation nationality1832 nation-state1895 1895 Polit. Sci. Q. 10 294 The Teutons, the architects par excellence of the nation-state. 1918 J. A. R. Marriott European Commonw. ii. 18 The ultimate genesis of the world conflict of to-day is sought..in..the existing European polity..based upon the recognition of the rights of a large number of Nation-States, entirely independent and nominally coequal. 1959 Encounter July 75/1 Egypt is turning into a modern nation-state. 1971 Black Scholar June 29/1 As the cultural revolution and students become more politically sophisticated, the question of an independent black nation-state will become a popular demand. 2001 Guardian 27 Nov. i. 17/2 The very demographic composition of Afghanistan suggests that it is no nation-state, but an arbitrary agglomeration of peoples owing allegiance to elsewhere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1895 |
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