Example Sentences

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Rather than accepting the convenient terminology of BIPOC, IBPOC, First Nations, Indigenous or Aboriginal, we need to assert our Nationhood and unique identities.

From Salon • Sep. 24, 2023

As Colin Woodard of the Nationhood Lab explained in Politico, racism contributes directly, as well.

From Salon • May 2, 2023

In his new book Invisible Countries: Journeys to the Edge of Nationhood, Slate’s Joshua Keating explores complex zones of identity and statehood.

From Slate • Jun. 20, 2018

After becoming President, De Gaulle transformed France from an archy into monarchy, from bankruptcy to prosperity, from poor sisterhood in the West to the self-styled leader of Third Nationhood in the world.

From Time Magazine Archive

Though many had testified in death to the truth of Ireland's claim to Nationhood, Wolfe Tone was the greatest of all that had made that testimony; he was the greatest of Ireland's dead.

From Is Ulster Right? by Anonymous