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(political science) 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 state hierarchizes sexuality by defining homosexuality as an influence that corrupts minors. Such a discourse produces a notion of the correct sexual behavior that transcends into the political realm, reinforcing the heteronationalistic nature of the nation-building.
The mythologizing, carried out over many decades, granted Italian-Americans “a formative role in the nation-building narrative.”
Use nation-building when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Nation-building means (political science) Unifying the people or peoples within a state so that it remains politically stable and viable in the long run..
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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.
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