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statehood

statehood

31 3.9
Being officially recognized as a state within a country or federation
  • noun
  • /ˈsteɪthʊd/
translation icon : condición de Estado
  • The movement for statehood aims to ensure representation and rights for its citizens.
  • juridical statehood
  • Palestinian statehood
  • declaration of statehood

And I think they are coming to the consensus for statehood.

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Examples

  • These two delegates will represent us in the convention for statehood.

  • But without a unified polity, the Palestinians' bid for statehood will not be credible.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Perhaps you can tell the class what statehood means to you.

  • I went to Washington, and we won statehood.

  • We want statehood because it means the protection of our farms and fences and it means schools for our children and progress for the future!

  • The second question asked what Puerto Ricans would prefer: statehood, greater autonomy, or complete independence.

    Blog text (15)
  • Some had lost faith in the Oslo-era paradigm of negotiations as the path to statehood.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Finally, there have been noteworthy developments concerning sovereign statehood in sub-Saharan Africa.

    Academic text (1992)
  • We need roads to join those cities, dams to store up the waters of the Picketwire, and we need statehood to protect the rights of every man and woman, however humble.

  • By announcing an ambitious two-year deadline for statehood, Fayyad reintroduced the timeline that had fallen by the wayside.

    Academic text (2011)

Antonyms

A condition in which no country recognizes someone as a citizen

How Recognized

sovereign
82 7.0
statehood
31 3.9
dependency
  • Specialized
4 5.7

Surface Forms

statehood singular
statehoods plural

Morphology

statehood = state (transparent) = state + hood

The meaning is directly formed from 'state' plus the noun-forming suffix '-hood', indicating the condition or status of being a state.

Etymology

Statehood comes from state, meaning 'country' or 'part of a country', plus the ending -hood, meaning 'condition' or 'state of being', as in childhood. So statehood is the 'condition of being a state', for example when a region becomes a recognized state.