nonstate
/ˈnɒnˌsteɪt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.78 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not constituting or belonging to a state; not characterised by the institutional power or authority of an organized government.
noun
A sociopolitical entity other than a state.
Example Sentences
- "The nonstate peoples we are most familiar with are the hunters and gatherers living in small bands like the ǃKung San of the Kalahari Desert and the Inuit of the Arctic."
- "More than 70 non-state armed groups were recorded as using the weapons, including 12 that fired rockets and mortars from Gaza into Israel."
- "States that fail to sufficiently attend to the "imagined" attributes of statehood required by the international system risk being deemed nonstates by the international community..."
Etymology
Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English nonstate From non- + state.
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈnɒnˌsteɪt/