Meaning of nation state | Babel Free

Definitions

Alternative spelling of nation-state.

alt-of, alternative

Examples

“It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]:[…]; […] or perhaps to muse on the irrelevance of the borders that separate nation states and keep people from understanding their shared environment.”

“But times have changed, and mother / Standing at the garden gate / Calls us home for dinner / With the nation state”

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