Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

national question

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.12 in modern English

Syllables: na-tion-al ques-tion
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The question over how to resolve the tension between proletarian internationalism and nationalist self-determination.

Example Sentences

"The national question must be clearly considered and solved by all class-conscious workers."
"Marx offered neither a systematic theory of the national question, a precise definition of the concept of a ‘nation’, nor a general political strategy for the proletariat in this domain."
"For Marxists, the national question presents one of the most challenging and complex questions - one for which there is no “catch-all” formula."

Inflected Forms

the national question (canonical) national questions (plural)

Questions

What does national question mean?: The question over how to resolve the tension between proletarian internationalism and nationalist self-determination.

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