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nonstates

nonstates is the plural of nonstate.

Meaning of nonstate

Noun

nonstate (plural nonstates)

  1. A sociopolitical entity other than a state.
    • States that fail to sufficiently attend to the "imagined" attributes of statehood required by the international system risk being deemed nonstates by the international community...2005, Ann Hironaka, Neverending wars

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Questions about nonstates

What is nonstates the plural of?
Nonstates is the plural of nonstate.

Words near nonstates in the dictionary

  1. nonstate actors
  2. nonstated
  3. nonstateful
  4. nonstatement
  5. nonstatements
  6. nonstates
  7. nonstatic
  8. nonstatin
  9. nonstatins
  10. nonstationaries
  11. nonstationarities

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