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- noun A very large
geopolitical state .
Etymologies
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Examples
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As she concluded, "The day of the artificially constructed megastate is gone."
What Would The Iron Lady Do? Charles Moore 2011
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The manic building of a continental megastate continues apace.
What Would The Iron Lady Do? Charles Moore 2011
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They do not see their country as part of a massive multicultural megastate -- like the USA,
Printing: GERMANY, I Have a Dream for You and Europe. What is Your Dream? 2010
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They do not see their country as part of a massive multicultural megastate -- like the USA,
OpEdNews - Diary: GERMANY, I Have a Dream for You and Europe. What is Your Dream? 2010
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Florida Governor Charlie Crist (R) has just signed the law moving up the primary, proudly declaring, "We will be the first megastate to weigh in on the next leader of the free world."
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I live in California, a megastate with an extremely poorly run state government that has grown steadily more dysfunctional.
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HALPERIN: Well, again, the Clinton campaign is saying, look, watch the Florida result for an indication of what people in a big megastate think of these two candidates.
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I live in California, a megastate with an extremely poorly run state government that has grown steadily more dysfunctional.
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I live in California, a megastate with an extremely poorly run state government that has grown steadily more dysfunctional.
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Then, 2008 degenerated into a nuclear arms race, with one megastate after another elbowing each other until we have a giant blob at the front end, which disenfranchises every state that comes later and makes a mockery of serious dialogue in the Super-Disaster states.
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