noun · academic
nationhood
/ˈneɪ.ʃən.hʊd/NA·tion·hood
Band 5-6task2speaking
the state or quality of being a nation; national status or identity
Examples
“After decades of struggle, the people finally achieved nationhood.”
“Policies to strengthen nationhood often focus on education and symbols.”
“Scholars discuss how colonial borders affected later claims to nationhood.”
Band 8 sentence
“Questions of self-determination invariably return to complex issues of borders, culture and claims to nationhood.”
Collocations
- a sense of nationhood
- struggle for nationhood
- achieve nationhood
Word family
nationhood noun
Common mistakes
nationality→nationhood
countryhood→nationhood
Say it for a higher band
5nationality→6national identity→7+nationhood
Synonyms
national identity
Easily confused
nationality
“Her nationality is Canadian, but she rejects the government's version of nationhood.”
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