Definitions
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- noun A
political entity (astate ) associated with a particularcivilization
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Examples
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China may call itself a nation-state (although only for the past century), but in essence it is a civilization-state dating back at least two millennia.
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It is of utmost importance, he says, that we understand that China is not a "nation-state" in the usual Western understanding of the term, but rather a "civilization-state" founded on the Confucian legacy of "emphasis on moral virtue, on the supreme importance of government in human affairs, and on the overriding priority of stability and unity ...."
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It is of utmost importance, he says, that we understand that China is not a "nation-state" in the usual Western understanding of the term, but rather a "civilization-state" founded on the Confucian legacy of "emphasis on moral virtue, on the supreme importance of government in human affairs, and on the overriding priority of stability and unity ...."
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It is of utmost importance, he says, that we understand that China is not a "nation-state" in the usual Western understanding of the term, but rather a "civilization-state" founded on the Confucian legacy of "emphasis on moral virtue, on the supreme importance of government in human affairs, and on the overriding priority of stability and unity ...."
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It is of utmost importance, he says, that we understand that China is not a "nation-state" in the usual Western understanding of the term, but rather a "civilization-state" founded on the Confucian legacy of "emphasis on moral virtue, on the supreme importance of government in human affairs, and on the overriding priority of stability and unity ...."
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It is of utmost importance, he says, that we understand that China is not a "nation-state" in the usual Western understanding of the term, but rather a "civilization-state" founded on the Confucian legacy of "emphasis on moral virtue, on the supreme importance of government in human affairs, and on the overriding priority of stability and unity...."
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I look at the long history and bright future of that civilization-state and suddenly you've got to chase me down with a butterfly net to impose the grip of reality on my grandiose and free-floating ideas.
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I look at the long history and bright future of that civilization-state and suddenly you've got to chase me down with a butterfly net to impose the grip of reality on my grandiose and free-floating ideas.
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