nation-state

English - Turkish

Definition of nation-state in English Turkish dictionary: Ulus devlet; ulus-devlet; milli devlet; ulus devlet

English - English

Definition of nation-state in English English dictionary: a political entity (a state) associated with a particular cultural entity (a nation); A nation-state is an independent state which consists of people from one particular national group. Albania is a small nation state of around 3 million people; An autonomous state inhabited by a predominantly homogeneous people; A country whose population possess a substantial degree of cultural homogeneity and unity The ideal form to which most nations and states aspire - a political unit wherein the territorial state coincides with the area settled by a certain national group or people (de Blij & Muller, 1996); a political unit that claims sovereignty over a defined territory and jurisdiction over everyone in it; A political entity consisting of a people with some common cultural experience (nation) who also share a common political authority (state) recognized by other sovereignties (nation-states); state inhabited by a homogenous group of people who consider themselves to be a distinct nationality; A politically organized territory that recognizes no higher law, and whose population politically identifies with that entity See also State; Modern state in which a government has sovereign power within a defined territorial area, and the mass of the population are citizens; a nation that is a politically independent country