Meaning of nation-building | Babel Free

Definitions

Unifying the people or peoples within a state so that it remains politically stable and viable in the long run.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Although uniquely favored by relatively viable political institutions, India yet shares this uncertainty with a large number of countries for which independence is but a first step on the road to nation-building.”

“The state hierarchizes sexuality by defining homosexuality as an influence that corrupts minors. Such a discourse produces a notion of the correct sexual behavior that transcends into the political realm, reinforcing the heteronationalistic nature of the nation-building.”

“The mythologizing, carried out over many decades, granted Italian-Americans “a formative role in the nation-building narrative.””

CEFR level