Definition of nation-state in US English: nation-state
noun A sovereign state whose citizens or subjects are relatively homogeneous in factors such as language or common descent.
Example sentences
‘Any attempt to force the world economy back into the corset of the nation state will inevitably end in a catastrophe.’ ‘The sovereign nation state, so the argument goes, leaves little social policy role for the European level.’ ‘The irony for nationalists is that the nation state is less able to deliver than ever.’ ‘Their answer to globalisation is a strengthening of the nation state.’ ‘The ruling class is bound with a thousand threads to the nation state.’ ‘As the first national political party, it was organically integrated into the very functioning of the nation state.’ ‘Fundamentally, their aim was to create a sovereign nation state.’ ‘His argument is that the constitution of Europe will be a step towards the death of the nation state and towards the constitution of the multitude.’ ‘This is a dangerous precedent to set since, after all, we are not the only nation state in the world.’ ‘Yet all of the old parties and organisations are rooted in the nation state.’ ‘In the final analysis, the war resulted from the fact that in the epoch of world economy, the nation state was no longer viable.’ ‘One effect of this ability was a desire that history should serve the needs of the nation state in producing national histories.’ ‘Globalisation undermined the nation state system upon which capitalism is historically based.’ ‘It is just that the identity of the nation state will be defined far more by cultural identity than by economic identity.’ ‘Their editorial sought to remind Washington of Georgia's fragility as a functioning nation state.’ ‘The reliance on national governments and the nation state leaves the door open for the most reactionary forces.’ ‘Like neighbouring Mali to her west, Niger is not a nation state defined by one language and one race, but a Commonwealth of peoples.’ ‘If nationalism and the nation state were to some degree discredited on the Continent, they were vindicated in Britain.’ ‘The interests of the working class do not lie in the defence and protection of the national borders of the nation state.’ ‘They defend the framework of the nation state and often promote some form of nationalism or regionalism.’