macronation

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An internationally recognised country, as opposed to a micronation; a sovereign state, especially a member or observer state of the United Nations.
    — I suggest, however, that micronations perform a useful function for "macronations" -- providing an opportunity to experiment with new and radical forms of government in a world that appears to be increasingly centralized, with less and less room for experimentation.
  2. A large nation; a nation of considerable size in population or membership. rare
  3. A large country; a sovereign state of considerable size, population or both. rare
    — This brings us, finally, to those countries that we think can safely be labeled as democracies today, keeping in mind the widely accepted two key requirements […] Based on the foregoing discussion, and (to repeat) excluding the microstates, we would offer the following honor roll of what, for want of a better term, we call the democratic "macronations" […]

词形变化

macronations plural macro-nation alternative macronations plural macro-nation alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
macro macro- macronational macronationalism macronationality macronationally macronational privilege

词源

词源 1
From macro- (“large”) + nation (“a country; a sovereign state”).
The micronational sense was likely formed as an antonym of micronation, which was derived from micro- (“small”) + nation (“country”). First attested on 26 November 1996 (see quotations).
词源 2
From macro- (“large”) + nation (“a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life or ethnicity”).
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