civilization-state
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.00 in modern English
31
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
6
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A political entity (a state) associated with a particular civilization.
Example Sentences
- "Although China has described itself as a nation-state for the last century, it is in essence a civilization-state. The longest continually existing polity in the world, it dates to 221 BC and the victory of the Qin. Unlike Western nation-states, China's sense of identity comes from its long history as a civilization-state."
- "2010, Newsweek, 25 January, Martin Jacques China may call itself a nation-state (although only for the past century), but in essence it is a civilization-state dating back at least two millennia."
Inflected Forms
civilization-states (plural)
civilization state (alternative)