ministate
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- noun
- /ˈmɪnɪˌsteɪt/
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micronación
- Anderson, T. 1984. Geopolitics in the Caribbean: Ministates in the Wider World. New York: Praeger.
Examples
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In an age of ministates like Singapore and Luxembourg, the minimum requirement for self-government, however compromised, is not very substantial.
Academic text (1996) -
This ministate of one million inhabitants in this West African subregion enjoyed relative tranquility when the rest of the continent was mired in political instability.
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The Iranian revolution in 1979 embraced a wide range of political and ideological implications for pro-Western Gulf ministates.
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In many respects, the government has allowed the northern sultanates to apply their own laws in their dominions, and in return, the leaders of these ministates lend their support to national governmental structures.
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Any of the thirteen racially and ethnically based regions created in South Africa by the South African government as nominally independent tribal ministates to which blacks are assigned.
Blog text (31) -
Tehran seems to believe that with its existing influence in southern Iraq, including close ties to the major Shiite seminaries in Najaf, it can transform the region into a kind of southern Lebanon, creating a ministate within a state.
Academic text (2009) -
It has sunk in for most Israelis that a ministate "living in peace" beside Israel is not the heart's desire of Palestinians—and, even if it were, would hardly put the Middle East as a whole to rest.
Blog text (34) -
Various partition proposals have been floated since 2003, ranging from a hard division of the country into three separate ministates (one for Shiites in the south, another for Kurds in the north, and a third for Sunnis in the center-west.
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Singapore is often cited as a successful example of a ministate due to its robust economy and limited land area.
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Tuvalu is a small Pacific nation considered a ministate that faces significant risks from climate change.
Synonyms
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A country or region that has its own government
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A very small country that rules itself but has little power
A very small independent country with little land or few people
Antonyms
How Big
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ministate comes from mini- meaning 'small' and state meaning 'a country or government'. Think of it as a 'mini country' — a very small independent nation with its own rules, which is why ministate means a very small country.