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non-state actor

non-state actor is the alternative form of nonstate actor.

Meaning of nonstate actor

Noun

nonstate actor (plural nonstate actors)

  1. An organization or other group whose behavior significantly affects political, economic, or strategic interactions between countries or major events within a country, but that is not itself a recognized country or a representative of a recognized country.
    • Nobody's particularly optimistic that the Afghan civil war that began almost a decade ago is going to end any time soon. […] [T]his is a new type of war against a non-state actor, in which the definitions, strategies and yardsticks of all previous conflicts no longer apply.2001 October 31, Tony Karon, “Halloween Word for the Pundits: Quagmire”, in Time, retrieved 24 May 2018

Forms of non-state actor

pluralnon-state actors

Questions about non-state actor

What is non-state actor the alternative form of?
Non-state actor is the alternative form of nonstate actor.

Words near non-state actor in the dictionary

  1. non-starchy
  2. non-stardom
  3. non-starter
  4. non-starters
  5. non-state
  6. non-state actor
  7. non-state actors
  8. non-states
  9. non-stationaries
  10. non-stationary
  11. non-status Indian

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