State of the Nationn.
/ˌsteɪt ə(v) ðə ˈneɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌsteɪd ə(v) ðə ˈneɪʃən/ attributive.
1. Originally U.S. Originally: designating an address delivered by the U.S. President, giving the administration's view of the condition of the nation (see State of the Union n. 1); (now also) designating a similar address delivered by the head of state of any of a number of nations.
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1934 La Cross (Wisconsin) Tribune & Leader-Press 4 Jan. 3/1 In his state of the nation message to the seventy-third congress, President Roosevelt clearly and concisely reported progress in domestic recovery.
1938 Washington Post 20 Aug. 4/4 President Quezon climaxed a two-day..celebration of his sixtieth birthday with a ‘State of the Nation’ address [in Manila].
1964 World Today Dec. 533 The range of relationships which comprise the Philippines' present foreign policy was well indicated in President Macapagal's third annual State of the Nation address.
1994 Econ. & Polit. Weekly 25 June 1582/1 Freedom was the theme of the first state of the nation address by president Nelson Mandela to the South African parliament.
2008 Helsinki Times 13 Nov. 2/1 On 5 November in his state-of-the-nation address President Dmitry Medvedev for the first time announced..responsive action..to deploy a short-range tactical Iskander missile.
2. Chiefly British. Designating a work of fiction, drama, etc., of a type thought to reflect, satirize, or comment on the society in which it is written, typically having a contemporary setting and characters drawn from a wide spectrum of social backgrounds.Sometimes used with reference to non-fictional works: see quot. 1980.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play
king play1469
king game1504
historya1509
chronicle history1600
monology1608
horseplaya1627
piscatory1631
stock play1708
petite pièce1712
mimic1724
ballad opera1730
ballad farce1735
benefit-play1740
potboiler1783
monodrama1793
extravaganza1797
theo-drama1801
monodrame1803
proverb1803
stock piece1804
bespeak1807
ticket-night1812
dramaticle1813
monopolylogue1819
pièce d'occasion1830
interlude1831
mimea1834
costume piece1834
mummers' play1849
history play1850
gag-piece1860
music drama1874
well-made1881
playlet1884
two-decker1884
slum1885
kinderspiel1886
thrill1886
knockabout1887
two-hander1888
front-piece1889
thriller1889
shadow-play1890
mime play1894
problem play1894
one-acter1895
sex play1899
chronicle drama1902
thesis-play1902
star vehicle1904
folk-play1905
radio play1908
tab1915
spy play1919
one-act1920
pièce à thèse1923
dance-drama1924
a mess of plottage1926
turkey1927
weepie1928
musical1930
cliffhanger1931
mime drama1931
triangle drama1931
weeper1934
spine-chiller1940
starrer1941
scorcher1942
teleplay1947
straw-hatter1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
tab show1951
conversation piece1952
psychodrama1956
whydunit1968
mystery play1975
State of the Nation1980
1980 D. Horne Time of Hope vi. 101 These ‘state of the nation’ books, and those that followed them (it became a popular genre for publishers).
1988 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 77 229 Conversations On A Homecoming is almost a state of the nation play in that it involves itself with a particular stage in the development of Irish society.
1990 M. T. Chialant in P. Parrinder & C. Rolfe H. G. Wells under Revision 101 Wells..was working here within a recognizable literary tradition, that of the ‘state-of-the-nation novel’, in which Dickens had proved such a master.
2009 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 12 Apr. (Seven Mag.) 32 State-of-the-nation television plays made by overtly political directors such as Ken Loach, Stephen Frears and [Alan] Clarke.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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