Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

network state

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English

Syllables
net-work s-tate
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

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Etymology

Coined by American entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan in The Network State (2022).

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What does network state mean?
A hypothetical community of common interest on the Internet that digitally crowdfunds physical territory around the world, eventually becoming large enough to be legally recognized as a sovereign entity.
Where does network state come from?
Coined by American entrepreneur and investor Balaji Srinivasan in The Network State (2022).

How to pronounce network state

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