nation-state

[ ney-shuh n-steyt ]

/ ˈneɪ ʃənˌsteɪt /

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

Origin of nation-state

First recorded in 1915–20

Now, its descendent organizations are dedicated to advancing the 20th-century throwback notion of the primacy of the nation-state.

Can Ukraine Control Its Far Right Ultranationalists? |Oleg Shynkarenko |March 1, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
At the same time, however, the State of Israel is the nation-state for the entirety of the Jewish people.

End the Chief Rabbinate’s Monopoly |Rabbi Avi Weiss |November 7, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Yes, a Jewish nation-state can help develop and promote that message.

Daniel Gordis And The Jewish Nation-State |Sigal Samuel |February 18, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Nor, frankly, would any other nation-state consent to its own dismantling.

Does Anti-Zionism Equal Anti-Semitism? |Steven Bayme |October 22, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Since Israel was born as a nation-state in an era of post-nationalism, its very creation was a mistake.

Deep Unfairness |Steven Bayme |April 25, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Together with the nation-state, the modern notion of nationality was defined and became a major force of political life.

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin
Indeed, the predicament of the nation-state is such that going back may be the only benign way of going forward.

After the Rain |Sam Vaknin
It is the same sense of community held, at a different scale and with different goals, by the nation-state.

The Civilization of Illiteracy |Mihai Nadin
Since old China was rarely confronted with international problems, the Chinese were not aware of their realm as a nation-state.

Government in Republican China |Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger

nation-state

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