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单词 parastate
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parastaten.

Brit. /ˈparəsteɪt/, U.S. /ˈpɛrəˌsteɪt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: para- prefix1, state n.
Etymology: < para- prefix1 + state n. Compare earlier parastatal n.Quot. 1959 at sense 1 apparently does not render a corresponding foreign-language use.
1. An organization which takes on some of the roles of civil government or political authority; an agency through which the state operates indirectly; (also) an industry which is partially state-run. Frequently attributive. Cf. parastatal n.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > government department or agency > [noun] > state agency or quango
parastatal1944
parastate1959
quango1973
1959 Listener 5 Feb. 245/2 He [sc. Lenin] described the proletarian dictatorship as a sort of a para-state.., a state progressively dissolving in society and working towards its own extinction.
1966 Economist 24 Sept. 1233/3 Since the [Tunisian] government is only too keen to load off its shares.., there is developing a group of what are called para-state industries, with both government and private capital.
1971 P. A. Allum Politics & Society Post-War Naples (1973) i. 38 The public administration groups a plethora of institutions and para-state agencies..prefecture, field offices of ministries, municipalities.., etc.
2003 Agence France Presse (Nexis) 15 Feb. Foreign Minister Kamal Kharazi promised..that Iran would do nothing to implement the fatwa, despite a 2.8 million dollar bounty placed on Rushdie's head by a parastate foundation here.
2. A semi-autonomous region (esp. a territory that was formerly a province of Yugoslavia) with some but not all of the attributes of statehood, and frequently without international recognition of statehood.
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1992 Summary of World Broadcasts Pt. 2: Eastern Europe (B.B.C.) (Nexis) 14 Sept. EE/1485/C1/1 The fact that the HVO (Croatian Defence Council) is trying to mask these activities while it is in reality implementing the laws of the para-state community of the so-called Herceg-Bosna will not make us abandon our course.
1995 New Yorker 8 May 45/2 In constitutional terms, the Yugoslav breakup has given rise to..the ‘parastate’, a remarkable phenomenon that has triumphed in the mountainous territory that until five years ago was the Socialist Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina.
2002 Miami Herald (Nexis) 28 Oct. b4 Vojnovic, a Serb from Vukovar, worked as a judge in the Serb para-state that rebels proclaimed in the Vukovar area and other Croatian territories seized in the 1991 war.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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