nonstate
Speech parts
1. nonstate - Noun
2. nonstate - Adjective
Meaning
nonstate (not comparable)
Not constituting or belonging to a state; not characterised by the institutional power or authority of an organized government.
nonstate (plural nonstates)
A sociopolitical entity other than a state.
Synonyms
Examples
Barber, Spanos, and Chaves introduced the term "cognitive-behavioural" to describe their "nonstate" theory of hypnosis in Hypnosis, imagination, and human potentialities.
Overall, Braid appears to have moved from a more "special state" understanding of hypnotism toward a more complex "nonstate" orientation.
The committee approved a correction of incentive compensation using nonstate funds for the chief investment officer of the UC Office of the President.
The proliferation of various technologies — from crude explosives to advanced robotics — has made it easier for even relatively small and weak countries and nonstate actors to challenge the big and powerful United States.
War economies are political economies that typically involve both state and nonstate actors specifically, private business sector actors and armed groups that seek to initiate or perpetuate conflict for economic as well as political gain.
Weaning itself off NGO dependence would be a difficult feat for Haiti, a complicated task that would involve the committed participation of state and nonstate actors.