megastate

noun

megastate

noun

Etymology From mega- + state.

1

A very large geopolitical state.

  • […] the idea that a megastate like China or India might pass through a full-blown industrial revolution simply boggles the mind.2005, Paul Roberts, The end of oil: on the edge of a perilous new world:
  • At the dawn of the millennium, it is the fourth largest in the country, a megastate that was among those introducing new words into the American vernacular […]2008, Gary R. Mormino, Land of Sunshine, State of Dreams: A Social History of Modern Florida:

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