Unrechtsstaat

== German == === Etymology === Unrecht (“injustice”) +‎ -s- +‎ Staat (“state”), coined in analogy to Rechtsstaat. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʊnrɛçt͡sʃtaːt/ === Noun === Unrechtsstaat m (mixed, genitive Unrechtsstaates or Unrechtsstaats, plural Unrechtsstaaten) (politics) a state that doesn't obey the rule of law and in which the powerholders exercise their power arbitrarily at will Antonym: Rechtsstaat ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Unrechtsstaat on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Unrechtsstaat” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Unrechtsstaat” in Duden online “Unrechtsstaat” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon