(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]Translations