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We've been in the nation-building business since World War I, and especially since WWII. The goal is not a Jeffersonian Democracy in Afghanistan, but a representative government that respects human rights, protects its own people, and is a friend of the West. These are very realistic - and necessary - goals.
Oliver North

Meaning of "nation-building" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NATION-BUILDING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NATION-BUILDING

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Nation-Building is a noun.
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WHAT DOES NATION-BUILDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Nation-building

Nation-building refers to the process of constructing or structuring a national identity using the power of the state. It is thus narrower than what Paul James calls "nation formation", the broad process through which nations come into being. Nation-building aims at the unification of the people within the state so that it remains politically stable and viable in the long run. According to Mylonas, "Legitimate authority in modern national states is connected to popular rule, to majorities. Nation—building is the process through which these majorities are constructed." Nation builders are those members of a state who take the initiative to develop the national community through government programs, including military conscription and national content mass schooling. Nation-building can involve the use of propaganda or major infrastructure development to foster social harmony and economic growth.

Definition of nation-building in the English dictionary

The definition of nation-building in the dictionary is the advocacy of national solidarity in South Africa in the post-apartheid era.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NATION-BUILDING

nation
Nation of Islam
nation state
nation-state
national
national accounting
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
national agreement
national anthem
National Assembly
national assistance
national bank
National Bureau of Standards
National Coal Board
national code
National Convention
national costume

WORDS THAT END LIKE NATION-BUILDING

according
apartment building
body building
building
Empire State Building
Fielding
folding
gelding
Golding
holding
Kolding
molding
moulding
outbuilding
rebuilding
scaffolding
shareholding
shipbuilding
Spalding
welding
yielding

Synonyms and antonyms of nation-building in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «nation-building» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NATION-BUILDING

Find out the translation of nation-building to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of nation-building from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nation-building» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

国家建设
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

construcción de la nación
570 millions of speakers

English

nation-building
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

राष्ट्र निर्माण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بناء الأمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

государственное строительство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

construção da nação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জাতি গঠনের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

construction de la nation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembinaan negara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nation-Building
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

国造り
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

국가 건설
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bangsa-bangunan
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

xây dựng quốc gia
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தேசிய கட்டிடம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

राष्ट्रनिर्माण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ulus inşa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nation-building
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Budowanie narodu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

державне будівництво
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

de construire a națiunii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

οικοδόμηση του έθνους
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nasiebou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nationsbyggande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nasjonsbygging
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nation-building

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NATION-BUILDING»

The term «nation-building» is regularly used and occupies the 62.350 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NATION-BUILDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nation-building

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6 QUOTES WITH «NATION-BUILDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word nation-building.
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Lamar Alexander
There are a growing number of conservatives and Republicans who, while they support the president and support the war in Iraq, wonder how many of these nation-building wars we're going to engage in and what the parameters of that are.
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Francis Fukuyama
In general, Americans are not very good at nation-building and not very good colonialists.
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Pranab Mukherjee
We are all equal children before our mother; and India asks each one of us, in whatsoever role we play in the complex drama of nation-building, to do our duty with integrity, commitment and unflinching loyalty to the values enshrined in our Constitution.
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Oliver North
We've been in the nation-building business since World War I, and especially since WWII. The goal is not a Jeffersonian Democracy in Afghanistan, but a representative government that respects human rights, protects its own people, and is a friend of the West. These are very realistic - and necessary - goals.
5
Miguel Syjuco
Fiction is a very powerful tool for teaching history. The Philippines was the first Iraq, the first Vietnam, the first Afghanistan, in the sense that it was the United States' initial or baptismal experience in nation-building.
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Girma Woldegiorgis
Thanks to the heroic sons and daughters of this country, who have paid sacrifices, we have been able to score a number of victories which are encouraging the nation-building process we are engaged in.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NATION-BUILDING»

Discover the use of nation-building in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nation-building and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Liberty's Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the ...
Takes an in-depth look at America's national-building efforts, from mistakes made to surprising successes. By the author of Henry Kissinger and the American Century.
Jeremi Suri, 2011
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Nation-Building: Beyond Afghanistan and Iraq
The need for post-conflict reconstruction will not cease with the end of the Afghanistan and Iraq missions. This timely volume offers the critical reflection and evaluation necessary to avoid repeating costly mistakes in the future.
Francis Fukuyama, 2008
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Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands: The Politics ...
This book analyzes these national identities and explores their consequences for the borderland states, with substantive studies drawn from the Baltic states, Ukraine and Belarus, Transcaucasia and Central Asia.
Graham Smith, 1998
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Nation-building: Five Southeast Asian Histories
Addresses questions such as: how should historians treat the earlier pasts of each country and the nationalism that guided the nation- building task?
Gungwu Wang, 2005
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Nation-building and Citizenship: Studies of Our Changing ...
Originally published in 1964 by John Wiley and Sons, with a 1977 enlarged edition published by University of California Press, this latest enlarged edition includes an introduction by the author's son.
Reinhard Bendix, 1977
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The Politics of Nation-Building: Making Co-Nationals, ...
In this innovative work on the international politics of nation-building, Harris Mylonas argues that a state's nation-building policies toward non-core groups – individuals perceived as an ethnic group by the ruling elite of a state – ...
Harris Mylonas, 2013
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Modernism and Nation Building: Turkish Architectural Culture ...
In this book, the architectural historian Sibel Bozdogan offers a cultural history of modern Turkish architecture and its connections to European modernism from the Young Turk revolution of 1908 to the end of the Kemalist single-party ...
Sibel Bozdogan, 2001
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The Art of Nation-building: Pageantry and Spectacle at ...
This book, itself, helps to prove something else - that detailed historical monographs written by university professors can be both educational and entertaining.'
H. V. Nelles, 2000
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Nation-building: a key concept for peaceful conflict ...
What is nation-building and is it ever going to succeed? A critical view from 'old Europe'.
Jochen Hippler, Stiftung Entwicklung und Frieden, 2005
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Nation Building at Play: Sport as a Tool for Social ...
Archbishop Desmond Tutu states that this work shows us another road to a future of equality and democracy for all South Africans, a road not filled with the hurt of our long discussions that carry us into the night, but equally important in ...
Marion Keim, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NATION-BUILDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term nation-building is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Silicon Valley mogul wants to solve the global refugee crisis by …
Artificial nation-building often leads to displacement and violence, Betts adds, and it would be hard to imagine people wanting to permanently ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Department faces biggest APS executive exodus in three decades
The "militarisation" of the portfolio, which began as a nation-building outfit 70 years ago, has proven too much for many executives who have ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
3
Radio Biafra and the Biafran narratives
I have in several write ups argued that the fundamental problem of the country is the crisis in the country's nation-building, which has led to a ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»
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SHOOTING THE BREEZE
... remembered as one of the greatest moments in SA's sporting history, and a watershed moment in the post-apartheid nation-building process. «News24, Jul 15»
5
Common Ground: How to confront Iran
When President George W. Bush invaded Iraq over non-existent weapons of mass destruction, he said he was not interested in “nation-building ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»
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First poetry festival for Singapore
... owner Kenny Leck, educator Ian Chung, and poets Cyril Wong, Aaron Lee and Jollin Tan will discuss the theme of nation-building in poetry. «The Straits Times, Jul 15»
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OPINION: The dog days of summer
... ails public education with top-down mandates, he's getting a reaction that is as warm as if he were to pronounce Iraq ripe for nation-building. «Sierra Vista Herald, Jul 15»
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Do you believe in America or “Merica”?
... two years of 9/11, the U.S. would decisively topple two Middle Eastern governments and start the always difficult process of nation-building. «Northdallasgazette, Jul 15»
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Laxer: Premiers blowing hot air on climate change
... dirty oil lines. They needed to brandish a nation-building project that would cut greenhouse gases and bring them more than oil spills. «Calgary Herald, Jul 15»
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The memorial to communism in Ottawa is a poor example of public …
... history who believed in communism as a victimizer, keeps alive a tradition of Canadian innocence vis a vis our own history of nation-building ... «Straight.com, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Nation-Building [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/nation-building>. Apr 2024 ».
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