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green state

green state noun: a state where the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is influential.

Noun

green state (plural green states)

  1. (US) A state where the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is influential.
  2. (US, idiomatic, informal, uncommon) A U.S. state perceived as environmentally friendly.
  3. The environmental policies in a given nation state which drive economics.
    • Indeed, the emergence of a debate about the nature of the green state has been one of the most significant contemporary developments in green political theory.2007, Neil Carter, The Politics of the Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy - Page 60

Forms of green state

pluralgreen states

Questions about green state

What does green state mean?
Green state means a state where the Green Party of the United States (GPUS) is influential.
What part of speech is green state?
Green state is a noun.
What is the plural of green state?
The plural of green state is green states.

Words near green state in the dictionary

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