Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

party state

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.31 in modern English

Syllables: par-ty s-tate
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A state in which power is held by a single political party.

Example Sentences

"It was, to put it another way, quite astonishing to see how much, and to what at extent, the party-state depended on lies."
"The party state encourages companies to band together into industry clusters by giving them preferential access to contracts and stockmarket listings."
"I believe this genocide is ongoing, and that we are witnessing the systematic attempt to destroy Uyghurs by the Chinese party-state."

Etymology

Possibly calque of Chinese 黨國 /党国 (dǎngguó).

Inflected Forms

party states (plural) party-state (alternative)

Questions

What does party state mean?: A state in which power is held by a single political party.
Where does party state come from?: Possibly calque of Chinese 黨國 /党国 (dǎngguó).

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