nonstate
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6.3
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˈsteɪt/
- Specialized
:
no estatal
- In the United States, these matters are usually contractual issues that are arbitrated by nonstate officials when disputes arise.
- nonstate actors
- nonstate groups
- nonstate threats
Examples
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Consequently, the Rio Conference ended with no new regional understanding of the proper role of nonstate actors in global environmental governance.
Academic text (2001) -
Consider the simple example of a nonstate, transnational terrorist group spreading malware across several states.
Academic text (2017) -
Now that our country is vulnerable to nonstate bands of terrorists, what changes should be made in our foreign policy?
Academic text (2003) -
In the present situation, Hong Kong is a premier example of an effective nonstate international actor.
Academic text (1997) -
At the same time, an expanded, inclusive nonstate order is arising.
Academic text (1997) -
With nonstate actors, however, the same assumption might not be valid.
Academic text (2005) -
We must face up to an unprecedented array of challenges in the twenty-first century: threats from states, nonstate actors, and nature itself.
Academic text (2007) -
As a practical matter, it ignores the increasing danger posed by nonstate actors, particularly in an age when they can obtain weapons of real destructive force.
Academic text (2009) -
The first is that under long-applied Westphalian principles of sovereignty, the methods by which a nation chooses to protect its own citizens from internal, nonstate threats, such as terrorism or crime, are primarily a domestic matter that falls largely outside the purview of international law.
Academic text (2009) -
Many analysts agree that tackling climate change requires strategies that consider both state and nonstate efforts.
Synonyms
7
3.9
Not run, owned, or controlled by a government
1
4.2
Not related to or run by the government
Antonyms
5
5.8
The government owns and runs an organization or service instead of private companies
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonstate is made of non- meaning 'not' and state meaning 'government'. So nonstate describes groups, sources, or actions that are not controlled by or part of the government.