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aspirant states

aspirant states is the plural of aspirant state.

Meaning of aspirant state

Noun

aspirant state (plural aspirant states)

  1. A political entity which seeks to achieve international recognition as a sovereign state.
    • By claiming that nuclear weapons are required for its security, a nuclear aspirant state can provoke a variety of responses among its neighbors and rivals which include, but are not limited to, forming a belief that the nuclear aspirant state is serious (or not), deciding to augment security...2015, Thomas E. Doyle, II, The Ethics of Nuclear Weapons Dissemination: Moral Dilemmas of Aspiration, Avoidance and Prevention, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 13

Questions about aspirant states

What is aspirant states the plural of?
Aspirant states is the plural of aspirant state.

Words near aspirant states in the dictionary

  1. aspirant nation
  2. aspirant nation-state
  3. aspirant nation-states
  4. aspirant nations
  5. aspirant state
  6. aspirant states
  7. aspirants
  8. aspirate
  9. aspirate mutation
  10. aspirate mutations
  11. aspirated

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