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proposition nation

proposition nation noun: a nation founded on certain creeds or ideals.

Noun

proposition nation (plural proposition nations)

  1. A nation founded on certain creeds or ideals.
    • Because they view the world through a racial lens, white nationalists do not agree with the notion that America is a creedal or proposition nation, meaning one whose societal and cultural norms are based on acceptance of the Declaration of Independence and the other founding documents.2009, Barbara Perry, Hate Crimes, volume 3, page 117
    • During the Cold War, conservative intellectuals, including Straussians and the brilliant Jesuit priest John Courtney Murray, advanced the concept of America as a “proposition nation” that was in conflict with a rival ideological nation, the Soviet Union. This conception of American identity based...2020, Nativism, Nationalism, and Patriotism, page 121

Forms of proposition nation

pluralproposition nations

Questions about proposition nation

What does proposition nation mean?
Proposition nation means a nation founded on certain creeds or ideals.
What part of speech is proposition nation?
Proposition nation is a noun.
What is the plural of proposition nation?
The plural of proposition nation is proposition nations.

Words near proposition nation in the dictionary

  1. propositae
  2. propositi
  3. proposition
  4. proposition bet
  5. proposition bets
  6. proposition nation
  7. proposition nations
  8. proposition player
  9. proposition players
  10. propositional
  11. propositional attitude

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