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pro-state

pro-state adjective: favoring the government, or favoring the government of a state as opposed to a federal government.

Adjective

pro-state (comparative more pro-state, superlative most pro-state)

  1. Favoring the government, or favoring the government of a state as opposed to a federal government.

Forms of pro-state

comparativemore pro-state
superlativemost pro-state

Origin of pro-state

From pro- + state.

Questions about pro-state

What does pro-state mean?
Pro-state means favoring the government, or favoring the government of a state as opposed to a federal government.
What part of speech is pro-state?
Pro-state is an adjective.

Words near pro-state in the dictionary

  1. pro-shitters
  2. pro-skub
  3. pro-Slavic
  4. pro-slavist
  5. pro-slavists
  6. pro-state
  7. pro-sumti
  8. pro-Sunni
  9. pro-syllogism
  10. pro-syllogisms
  11. Pro-Tactile

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