statal
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Resulting from structural considerations as opposed to actions.
adj
Pertaining to a word or word form (such as a passive verb or a modifier) or other linguistic element that denotes a state rather than an action or process.
adj
Pertaining to a state within a federal government.
Example Sentences
- "Finally, implications for future policy and practice in relation to respect, trust, and students' rights are considered, with the possibility of increasing connection and reducing social exclusion by thinking in new terms of addressing statal exclusions through participation rights."
- "All (pre-nominal) participial modifiers in Hindi have a statal meaning whether or not they involve a statal verb (something like “in the state of sleeping / having slept / running / eating / having been washed”, etc.)."
- "Every element of a State of the American Union remained, except this statal relation to the Union"
- "The theoretical position adopted here suggest ^([sic]) that this process is in fact a contradictory one, and includes three levels — supra-statal, statal and intra-statal levels, and within each level there are two dimensions; ^([sic]) the transnational political organisations and a new global culture."
Etymology
From state + -al.
Word Breakdown
Derived Forms
Phrases
anti-statal
extra-statal
infra-statal
inter-statal
intra-statal
non-statal
para-statal
peri-statal