Usually means: Sovereign entity with defined territory.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. nation-state: Merriam-Webster
  2. nation-state: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nation-state: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nation-state, nation-state: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Nation-State, nation-state: Wordnik
  6. nation-state: Wiktionary
  7. nation-state: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. nation-state: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. nation-state: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. nation-state: Dictionary.com
  11. Nation-state: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. nation-state: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nation-state)

▸ noun:  (politics) A political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation) and a sovereign territorial unit.

Similar:
nation state, country, state, nation, political entity, sovereign state, sovereignty, statelet, member state, political unit, more...

Opposite:
anarchy, confederation, federation, tribe, city-state

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Similar:
nation state, country, state, nation, political entity, sovereign state, sovereignty, statelet, member state, political unit, more...

Opposite:
anarchy, confederation, federation, tribe, city-state



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