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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(politics) An entity that falsely purports or is purported to be a nation..
Does Minerva, the name of the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom, seem inappropriate for a pseudonation created by some California promoters?
Such a pseudonation will have its political parties split into ethnic or religious branches...
Many state nationalisms are based on nothing more than a putative or postulated nation, i.e. a pseudonation–as became very clear after the fact in the cases of the USSR, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, and the GDR.
Use pseudonation when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pseudonation means (politics) An entity that falsely purports or is purported to be a nation..
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Does Minerva, the name of the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom, seem inappropriate for a pseudonation created by some California promoters?
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