nation-building
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.74 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Unifying the people or peoples within a state so that it remains politically stable and viable in the long run.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Although uniquely favored by relatively viable political institutions, India yet shares this uncertainty with a large number of countries for which independence is but a first step on the road to nation-building."
- "The state hierarchizes sexuality by defining homosexuality as an influence that corrupts minors. Such a discourse produces a notion of the correct sexual behavior that transcends into the political realm, reinforcing the heteronationalistic nature of the nation-building."
- "The mythologizing, carried out over many decades, granted Italian-Americans “a formative role in the nation-building narrative.”"