nation-building

noun

Definitions

  1. Unifying the people or peoples within a state so that it remains politically stable and…

    Unifying the people or peoples within a state so that it remains politically stable and viable in the long run.

    • 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 mythologizing, carried out over many decades, granted Italian-Americans “a formative role in the nation-building narrative.”

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No curated loop yet for nation-building. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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