ethnostate

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noun

A political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounethnostate (plural ethnostates)

plural ethnostates · alternative ethno-state

  1. A political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group.

    Throuples with only white people are so funny they're like hi this is my starter ethnostate we're all in love

    2026 June 15, @jacobsgalapedagos, Instagram
    3 more examples

    Richard Spencer and others fantasize about a white ethno-state — this is the Northwest Territorial Imperative, or Northwest Imperative, that would stretch from Montana to Oregon and Washington State.

    2019 August 6, Lauretta Charlton, “What Is the Great Replacement?”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Jul 2020

    In an email to CNN, Gariépy denied a CBC news article’s characterization of him as supporting “ideas of white superiority and white ‘ethnostates,’” saying, “no proper context was provided by the journalist to understand the circumstances in which I discussed these subjects in the past.”

    2021 February 19, Rob Kuznia, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Sara Sidner and Mallory Simon, “How White nationalists evade the law and continue profiting off hate”, in CNN, archived from the original on 08 Dec 2022

    “Typically, the ultimate goal of groups like ‘Hate Club’ is to turn America into a white ethnostate where white men are in power,” Segal told CNN via email “They consider themselves as both the last remaining bulwark against enemies of the white race and the only path to a white ethnostate.”

    2024 November 21, Nicquel Terry Ellis, “A neo-Nazi turf war may have just flared in Columbus, Ohio. Jewish, Black and elected leaders won’t stand for it”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Feb 2025

Origin

Translations

Catalan etnoestat
  • etnoestatpolitical unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Chinese Mandarin 民族國家 /民族国家
  • 民族國家 /民族国家 (mínzú guójiā)political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Danish etnostat
  • etnostatpolitical unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Esperanto etnoŝtato
  • etnoŝtatopolitical unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Finnish etnovaltio
  • etnovaltiopolitical unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
French ethno-état
  • ethno-étatpolitical unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
German Ethnostaat
  • Ethnostaatpolitical unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Japanese 民族国家
  • 民族国家political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Korean 민족국가, 단일민족국가
  • 민족국가 (minjokgukga)political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
  • 단일민족국가 (danilminjokgukga)political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Polish państwo etniczne
  • państwo etnicznepolitical unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Portuguese etnoestado
  • etnoestadopolitical unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Russian этногосударство
  • этногосударство (etnogosudarstvo)political unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Spanish etnostato
  • etnostatopolitical unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Swedish etnostat
  • etnostatpolitical unit that is populated by and run in the interest of an ethnic group
Cite this entry
APA

ethnostate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnostate

MLA

“ethnostate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnostate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ethnostate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ethnostate.

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