nation-state


na·tion-state

(nā′shən-stāt′)n. A political unit consisting of an autonomous state inhabited predominantly by a people sharing a common culture, history, and language.

nation-state

n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) an independent state inhabited by all the people of one nation and one nation only

na′tion-state`



n. a sovereign state inhabited by a fairly homogeneous group of people who share a feeling of common nationality. [1915–20]
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