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| 1. | [ noun ] (politics,geography) a politically organized body of people under a single government | |
| Synonyms: | state country nation land body_politic res_publica | |
| Examples: | "the state has elected a new president" "African nations" "students who had come to the nation's capitol" "the country's largest manufacturer" "an industrialized land" |
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| Related terms: | political_unit world_power ally Reich dominion renegade_state sea_power city_state suzerain estate | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (government,geography) the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico) | |
| Related terms: | state Puerto_Rico | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (government) a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another | |
| Related terms: | world_organization British_Commonwealth | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (politics) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them | |
| Synonyms: | republic democracy | |
| Related terms: | autocracy political_system parliamentary_democracy weimar_republic democratize | |
| Similar spelling: |
commonweal commonalty commonality communally common-law common_law common_eel common_lettuce communalize communalism communalise common_lynx common_limpet common_land common_louse common_lilac common_elder common_eland common_alder |
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