Definitions for nation-state

nation-state na·tion-state

Spelling: [ney-shuh n-steyt]
IPA: /ˈneɪ ʃənˌsteɪt/

Nation-State is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 514 anagrams from letters in nation-state (-aaeinnosttt).

Definitions for nation-state

noun

  1. a sovereign state inhabited by a relatively homogeneous group of people who share a feeling of common nationality.

Origin of nation-state

First recorded in 1915-20

Examples for nation-state

It is the same sense of community held, at a different scale and with different goals, by the nation-state.

Yes, a Jewish nation-state can help develop and promote that message.

Together with the nation-state, the modern notion of nationality was defined and became a major force of political life.

Nor, frankly, would any other nation-state consent to its own dismantling.

Indeed, the predicament of the nation-state is such that going back may be the only benign way of going forward.

At the same time, however, the State of Israel is the nation-state for the entirety of the Jewish people.

Since old China was rarely confronted with international problems, the Chinese were not aware of their realm as a nation-state.

Since Israel was born as a nation-state in an era of post-nationalism, its very creation was a mistake.

"A public Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish nation-state is a precondition for regional peace," he announced.

Now, its descendent organizations are dedicated to advancing the 20th-century throwback notion of the primacy of the nation-state.

Word Value for nation-state
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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