statehood

About 1.29 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The property of being a state, an autonomous subdivision of a federal country.

   Alaska didn't attain statehood until 1959, when it became the 49th state of the United States.

2. noun The condition of being a country.

Similar words

nationhood nation-building sovereignty nation statecraft country rule autonomy founding status

Often followed by

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Word family

statehoods