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Definition of parastate in English: parastatenoun ˈparəsteɪt A region that seeks or claims but does not have the status of a recognized independent state. Example sentencesExamples - The parastates are again preparing for battle.
- Such examples also point to a conundrum for the parastate: it may be too small to survive.
- The parastate, most often, seeks to represent itself as the state within the state.
- Neither parastate had a shred of official recognition from the outside world, but they believed that their manoeuvring would be rewarded in the end.
- In practice, coordinated by the official state apparatus, the parastate acquired enormous importance within and parallel to the institutional Right.
Definition of parastate in US English: parastatenounˈperəˌstāt A region that seeks or claims but does not have the status of a recognized independent state. Example sentencesExamples - Such examples also point to a conundrum for the parastate: it may be too small to survive.
- In practice, coordinated by the official state apparatus, the parastate acquired enormous importance within and parallel to the institutional Right.
- Neither parastate had a shred of official recognition from the outside world, but they believed that their manoeuvring would be rewarded in the end.
- The parastate, most often, seeks to represent itself as the state within the state.
- The parastates are again preparing for battle.
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