Nations

Word NATIONS
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Pronunciations /ˈneɪʃənz/

Definitions and meanings of "Nations"

What do we mean by nations?

A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.

A sovereign state.

An association of students based on its members' birthplace or ethnicity.

A great number; a great deal.

To put something serious up on your gang or on your set to prove that you telling the truth Urban Dictionary

An indie-rock band from Brooklyn. They have been on David Letterman and have several albums, including The National, Alligator, and Boxer. Their main members are Matt Berninger, Aaron Dessner, Bryce Dessner, Bryan Devendorf, and Scott Devendorf. Urban Dictionary

What ignorant people say when they mean "Ethnicity". Urban Dictionary

A short form of the Dads Facebook group Dad Nation. Urban Dictionary

A unifying pride and belief in ones country and the citizenry involving traditions, actions and history. Urban Dictionary

Extreme pride in one's own country and a disregard for international opinion. Urban Dictionary

1) The country of your birth 2) The passport you hold of the country you reside. Urban Dictionary

Essentially, nationalism is the belief in a nation's right to self-determination. There are however many variants of nationalism, although the two more commonly known are civic nationalism and ethnic nationalism. The two are entirely different due to their unique definitions of a nation. Civic nationalists are indiscriminate towards members of their nation with regard to their ethnicity, and thus prefer to define a nation more by its geographical borders and their struggle therefore is rather more focused on the preservation of culture as opposed to race or ethnicity. Under its not-so-charismatic leader, Nick Griffin, The British National Party is slowly shedding its ethnic nationalist past and becoming more a civic nationalist party, and some of its supporters and indeed some councillors are not Caucasian or British in origin. Ethnic nationalists are often rather more authoritarian however and tend to define their identity not along cultural lines but along ethnic or racial lines. This therefore leads to their struggle being aimed more at the preservation of their ethnicity or race. A good example of an ethnic nationalist would be Hitler, though he is certainly an extreme form, and should not be seen to represent ethnic nationalists as an entity. It is a shame however that many ethnic nationalists are racist, which is often why nationalism is so wrongly synonymised with racism. The National Front is an ethnic nationalist party in the UK. Contrary to popular belief, nationalism is most commonly a left-wing ideology. This is partly because many people wrongly associate authoritarian 'tough' stances with right-wing politics, when left and right on the spectrum is determined entirely by economic stance. Mainly however, nationalists tend to prefer a slightly socialistic economy as opposed to a capitalistic economy. They often oppose globalisation in many forms, saying that the outsourcing of jobs to foreign lands increases unemployment in their homeland, which ultimately stifles the nation's ability to determine itself. It is no suprise then, that with that immigration and sometimes emigration is opposed. Nationalists are not only concerned with the welfare of their own nations, although they do not wish to interfere at all in that of others, because they often believe that every nation has a right to self-determination. So when mass immigration occurs in their country, they are not only concerned that this might cause a dissolution of their culture/ethnicity and a strain on the national infrastructure (eg NHS, public transport etc), but also that it will certainly cause a dissolution of the migrant's homeland's culture/majority ethnicity and infrastructure due to the leakage of contributors to art, science and general employment (thus a general breakdown of that country's national self-determination). Nationalists oppose wars fought for reasons that do not affect the national interest - the Iraq war was opposed by the entire nationalist community in the West. There is also often an environmentalist wing to the nationalist's beliefs, particularly focusing on renewable energy and the maintainence of an independant energy supply. Urban Dictionary

What people say when they mean heritage. Urban Dictionary

Walking around the neighborhood, generally in a pack of 4 or more people....up to no good while walking Urban Dictionary

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The word "nations" in example sentences

“The nations” is the common expression in the Old Testament for non-Jews as a group, and a Gentile is a person belonging to “the nations. ❋ Unknown (2002)

The _customary law of nations_ consists of certain maxims, or is founded on customs and usages which have been long observed and tacitly consented to by nations, and have thereby become binding upon all who have adopted them, so far as their observance does not require a violation of the law of nature. ❋ Andrew W. Young (N/A)

The law of nature applied to nations or states as moral persons, is called the _natural law of nations_. ❋ Andrew W. Young (N/A)

It is also called the _necessary law of nations_, because nations are morally bound to observe it; and sometimes the _internal law of nations_, from its being binding on the conscience. ❋ Andrew W. Young (N/A)

A resolution was carried unanimously demanding amongst other things a just and lasting peace which would prevent the outbreak of fresh conflagrations and assure liberty to all nations in Europe, and "_self-determination for all nations_, including also that branch of the Czecho-Slovak nation which lives in Hungary." ❋ Vladim��r Nosek (1929)

"As to the willingness or ability of neutral nations to resist the Decrees of France, his Majesty has always professed ... _a disposition to relax or modify his measures of retaliation and self-defence in proportion as those of neutral, nations_ should come in aid of them and take their place." ❋ Unknown (1877)

_all_ the nations of the world as equally involved in the vast spiritual interests at stake, we should have no difficulty in understanding how possible and natural it was for Jeremiah to hear his mission _to the nations_ clearly indicated in the very moment of his call. ❋ George Adam Smith (1899)

VIEW FAVORITES yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Israel: As the light onto the nations'; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = '‘Israel is the light onto the nations\' says the Torah. ❋ Unknown (2009)

She singled out China and Syria as examples of what she called nations whose Internet restrictions would eventually boomerang. ❋ Mary Beth Sheridan (2011)

Continuous improvement in the levels of our productive efficiency in comparison and competition with the growing achievements of other nations is the only firm foundation for our future development and prosperity. ❋ Unknown (1966)

Between no two other nations is there such a free interchange of ideas and products. ❋ Unknown (1959)

_First_, there is a recognition of a world of growing, living historical entities which we call nations; and this recognition implies new understanding and an enrichment of knowledge. ❋ G.E. Partridge (N/A)

One of the greatest preventives of a quarrelsome spirit among the nations is the rising cost of nickel, because nickel is necessary for armour plate. ❋ Unknown (1912)

When we consider that though Britain has unquestionably the defects of her qualities and that sometimes those defects may seem to be more conspicuous even than their corresponding excellencies, yet, without shutting our eyes for a moment to national faults, I believe profoundly that the place which Britain holds today among the nations is to be attributed, under Providence, to nothing else, to nothing less, than the genuine worth of British character. ❋ Unknown (1904)

What was said to all the nations is here with a particular tenderness applied to the nation of the Jews, for whom Jeremiah was sensibly concerned. ❋ Unknown (1721)

From what I’ve been told about Chile, one of the reasons that they are richer than most other Latin American nations is that the very Catholic Chilean upper class has many kids while the underclass have fewer kids. ❋ Unknown (2007)

McCain DOESNT UNDERSTAND our nations is a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Person 1: Man [theses] niggas just tried to five Person 2: For real lord [Peron] 1: [On nation] ❋ Jaydoedadon (2017)

The National, Boxer, [Alligator], Fake Empire, Mistaken for Strangers, Karen, Looking for Astronauts, Daughters of the [Soho] Riots, Apartment Story, [Brainy], Green Gloves, Slow Show. ❋ Z Ed (2009)

Person [number one]: "Wow! You have blue eyes, a Semetic nose and African hair. What's your [nationality]"? Person [number two]: "American". ❋ Wrd Nrd (2013)

“Hey did you go on [the Nation] Today?” “Of course I did. [What do you think] I’m a [gaf]?” ❋ Smithd33 (2019)

A nationalistic government would serve to [establish] laws and policy for the benefit of the citizenry on [behalf] of the citizenry. -Damn I wish America had more nationalism in government, then maybe our politicians wouldn't [sell out] our country from under our feet. ❋ Eloas (2009)

CDONationalism ❋ Darkflash (2014)

Simply having [an Irish] name does not make you Irish! Besides most names starting with [Mc] or Mac [originate] in Scotland. ❋ Anonymous (2003)

[Nationalism's] birth was in England under the [reign] of [King John]. ❋ Adamweir87 (2007)

What’s your [nationality]? My nationality is [Jamaican]. My origins comes from [Jamaica] but I was born in United States. ❋ Optimistprime43 (2020)

Zach: Hey Jonathan, wanna go [nationing] in mooreland farms? Jonathan: Hell yea [brahh] lets go nationing in [the mo]. fo. ❋ YEABOIIII69 (2011)

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