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ethno-state

ethno-state is the alternative spelling of ethnostate.

Meaning of ethnostate

Noun

ethnostate (plural ethnostates)

  1. A political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group.
    • Richard Spencer and others fantasize about a white ethno-state — this is the Northwest Territorial Imperative, or Northwest Imperative, that would stretch from Montana to Oregon and Washington State.2019 August 6, Lauretta Charlton, “What Is the Great Replacement?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2020

Forms of ethno-state

pluralethno-states

Questions about ethno-state

What is ethno-state the alternative spelling of?
Ethno-state is the alternative spelling of ethnostate.

Words near ethno-state in the dictionary

  1. ethnizes
  2. ethnizing
  3. ethno-
  4. ethno-neutral
  5. ethno-organology
  6. ethno-state
  7. ethno-states
  8. ethnoaesthetic
  9. ethnoaesthetics
  10. ethnoanthropological
  11. ethnoanthropology

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