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  • noun Plural form of nation-state.

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Examples

  • In a “borderless world,” the idea of nation-states going to war seemed positively antediluvian.

    Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011

  • In a “borderless world,” the idea of nation-states going to war seemed positively antediluvian.

    Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011

  • The rise of nation-states, and the broader adoption of majority languages in them—from France and Kenya and Peru to Russia and China and Japan, as well as the United States and the United Kingdom and many more—have erased or suppressed innumerable minority languages in the modern era.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • The rise of nation-states, and the broader adoption of majority languages in them—from France and Kenya and Peru to Russia and China and Japan, as well as the United States and the United Kingdom and many more—have erased or suppressed innumerable minority languages in the modern era.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • (Farah seemed not to understand why the UN would not be eager to give press credentials to a "news" organization whose editor and CEO called it "a global criminal enterprise determined to shift power away from individuals and sovereign nation-states to a small band of unaccountable international elites" and declared, "Death to the U.N.!")

    Terry Krepel: A Laughable, Error-Ridden 'Case for Impeachment' Terry Krepel 2010

  • It has been related to nation-states more than people...

    William S. Becker: The Solar Soldier Is No Fad William S. Becker 2011

  • We have passed the era of nation-states into the international era.

    W. Hunter Roberts: Notes of an Ex-Pat 1: View From the Bridge W. Hunter Roberts 2011

  • Foreign nation-states play significant roles during an uprising, and the Internet is one of many tools at their disposal.

    Hemanshu Nigam: The Facebook Revolt Hemanshu Nigam 2011

  • We have passed the era of nation-states into the international era.

    W. Hunter Roberts: Notes of an Ex-Pat 1: View From the Bridge W. Hunter Roberts 2011

  • (Farah seemed not to understand why the UN would not be eager to give press credentials to a "news" organization whose editor and CEO called it "a global criminal enterprise determined to shift power away from individuals and sovereign nation-states to a small band of unaccountable international elites" and declared, "Death to the U.N.!")

    Terry Krepel: A Laughable, Error-Ridden 'Case for Impeachment' Terry Krepel 2010

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