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civilization-state

noun

Definitions

  1. A political entity (a state) associated with a particular civilization.

    • 2010, Newsweek, 25 January, Martin Jacques China may call itself a nation-state (although only for the past century), but in essence it is a civilization-state dating back at least two millennia.

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