nation-state
民族国家,国家,族群国家
Definitions
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- : a sovereign state inhabited by a relatively homogeneous group of people who share a feeling of common nationality.
Examples
Dental leaders barnstormed the state, and cities began to fluoridate.
But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.
Meanwhile, in Florida, Bush was flooded with questions about whether gay marriage could possibly come to the Sunshine State.
This week, Florida became the 36th state to allow same-sex marriage.
Congress is now 92 percent Christian, resembling more to a papal enclave than our religiously diverse nation.
If we can free this State of Yankees, we will accomplish more than your armies down south have.
My son,” said Grabantak one evening to Chingatok, “if we are henceforth to live in peace, why not unite and become one nation?
Walls End Castle, when the party broke up, returned to its normal state.
The next morning he came rushing into the office, in a violent state of excitement.
He could not tell what I meant by secrets of state, where an enemy or some rival nation were not in the case.