micronation

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Synonyms: mucronation, microstation, micronization, micronisation, micromotion, microzonation

Antonyms: mucronation, microstation, micronization, micronisation, micromotion, microzonation

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. {{senseid|en|non-autonomous entity}} A [[non-]][[autonomous]] [[entity]], generally [[small#Adjective|small]] and having few [[resident#Noun|residents]], which [[claim#Verb|claims]] to be a [[sovereign state]] and [[mimic#Verb|mimics]] the [[action#Noun|actions]] of a [[state#Noun|state]] (with [[varying#Adjective|varying]] [[degree]]s of [[seriousness]]), but [[lack#Verb|lacks]] any [[legal#Adjective|legal]] [[recognition]] and [[exist]]s only [[in theory]] or in the [[mind#Noun|mind]] of its [[creator]]; a [[micronational entity]]. {{defdate|from 1973}}
2. {{synonym of|en|microstate|t=a sovereign state which has a very small [[land#Noun|land]] [[area]] and [[population]]}}.
3. {{lb|en|uncommon}} A very small {{l|en|nation#Noun|t=[[historically]] [[constitute#Verb|constituted]], [[stable#Adjective|stable]] [[community]] of [[person#Noun|people]], [[form#Verb|formed]] [[base#Verb|based]] on a [[common#Adjective|common]] [[economic#Adjective|economic]] [[life#Noun|life]], [[ethnicity]], [[language#Noun|language]], [[religion]], and/or [[territory]], and [[manifest#Verb|manifested]] in a common [[culture#Noun|culture]]|id=group of persons united by some traits}} not [[amount#Verb|amounting]] to a sovereign state.

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