nation-state

[ ney-shuhn-steyt ]

noun
  1. a sovereign state inhabited by a relatively homogeneous group of people who share a feeling of common nationality.

Origin of nation-state

1
First recorded in 1915–20

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British Dictionary definitions for nation-state

nation-state

noun
  1. an independent state inhabited by all the people of one nation and one nation only

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