micronation

== English == === Alternative forms === micro-nation === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.kɹəʊ.neɪ̯.ʃən/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈmaɪ.kɹoʊˌneɪ.ʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Etymology 1 === From micro- (“very small”) +‎ nation (“a sovereign state; country”). Compare microcountry, mini-nation, mini-country and ministate. The first sense was coined on 11 March 1973 by the editors of the Lansing State Journal (see quotations) in a republication of an article by Philip J. Hilts, originally writing for Potomac Magazine (Sunday supplement to The Washington Post), and so-called because most micronations are small in size. The article was referring to the unrecognised political entities listed in the Ephemeral States file, a collection of physical micronational records maintained by the Office of the Geographer of the United States Department of State, launched in 1933. ==== Noun ==== micronation (plural micronations) A non-autonomous entity that claims to be a sovereign state and mimics the actions of a state (with varying degrees of seriousness), but lacks any legal recognition and exists only on paper or in the mind of its creator; a micronational entity. Synonym of microstate (“a country that has a very small population and land area”). ===== Synonyms ===== MN (abbreviation), ephemeral state, micronational entity, model country, new country project, project nation; see also Thesaurus:micronation. ===== Antonyms ===== macronation (micronational slang), country, nation, sovereign state ===== Hypernyms ===== aspirant state, micronational entity, political entity, pseudonation ===== Hyponyms ===== bedroom nation, bug nation, egonation, egostan, mini-independent country, nanonation, space nation ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== micropatriology (micropatrology) ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== cybernation network state ronation === Etymology 2 === From micro- (“very small”) +‎ nation (“a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life or ethnicity”). ==== Noun ==== micronation (plural micronations) (uncommon) A small nation (“historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and manifested in a common culture”). ===== Antonyms ===== macronation ===== Hypernyms ===== community, nation, people ===== Related terms ===== micronationalism ===== See also ===== nationalism === References === === Further reading === “micronation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “micronation”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.