Definitions for nations
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1. nations

   A nation is a community of people formed on the basis of a combination of shared features such as language, history, ethnicity, culture and/or society. A nation is thus the collective identity of a group of people understood as defined by those features. Some nations are equated with ethnic groups (see ethnic nationalism) and some are equated with affiliation to a social and political constitution (see civic nationalism and multiculturalism). A nation is generally more overtly political than an ethnic group. A nation has also been defined as a cultural-political community that has become conscious of its autonomy, unity and particular interests.The consensus among scholars is that nations are socially constructed and historically contingent. Throughout history, people have had an attachment to their kin group and traditions, territorial authorities and their homeland, but nationalism – the belief that state and nation should align as a nation state – did not become a prominent ideology until the end of the 18th century. There are three notable perspectives on how nations developed. Primordialism (perennialism), which reflects popular conceptions of nationalism but has largely fallen out of favour among academics, proposes that there have always been nations and that nationalism is a natural phenomenon. Ethnosymbolism explains nationalism as a dynamic, evolving phenomenon and stresses the importance of symbols, myths and traditions in the development of nations and nationalism. Modernization theory, which has superseded primordialism as the dominant explanation of nationalism, adopts a constructivist approach and proposes that nationalism emerged due to processes of modernization, such as industrialization, urbanization, and mass education, which made national consciousness possible.Proponents of modernization theory describe nations as "imagined communities", a term coined by Benedict Anderson. A nation is an imagined community in the sense that the material conditions exist for imagining extended and shared connections and that it is objectively impersonal, even if each individual in the nation experiences themselves as subjectively part of an embodied unity with others. For the most part, members of a nation remain strangers to each other and will likely never meet. Nationalism is consequently seen an "invented tradition" in which shared sentiment provides a form of collective identity and binds individuals together in political solidarity. A nation's foundational "story" may be built around a combination of ethnic attributes, values and principles, and may be closely connected to narratives of belonging.

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1. nations

   Plural form of nation.

   All nations of the world aspire for peace and harmony on planet earth and know it is easily achieved.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 18, 2016  

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NATIONS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Nations is ranked #9050 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Nations surname appeared 3,610 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Nations.
   
   92.7% or 3,347 total occurrences were White.
   2.2% or 80 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.1% or 78 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.5% or 54 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
   0.7% or 27 total occurrences were Black.
   0.6% or 24 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nations' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2469

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'nations' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3506

Anagrams for nations »

1. anoints

2. onanist

How to pronounce nations?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of nations in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of nations in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of nations in a Sentence

1. Heather Nauert:

   Our main focus at this time is offering our support for United Nations Special Envoy Martin Griffiths who is making progress in his negotiations with the Republic of Yemen and the Houthi rebels.

2. Matthew Donovan:

   Continuing these travel restrictions is necessary because of the global nature of the Department of Defense enterprise. We have service members stationed in all 50 states and in numerous foreign nations across the globe. While many areas in the United States may be on a positive trajectory, some areas and many nations are not.

3. Richard Roth:

   I really think it's a body blow for the United Nations, the Secretary-General said it's The Secretary-General lowest moment on the job. They hold all these' preventative diplomacy' sessions and retreats and consultations... and then Russian tanks run right over the precious United Nations charter.

4. Donald Trumpannouncedin:

   We expect a growing number of nations to meet the minimum 2 [ percent ] of GDP requirement. To address todays challenges, all members of the alliance must fulfill their obligations. They have no choice.

5. Riyad Mansour:

   The fact that this draft resolution was not adopted will not at all prevent us from proceeding to push the international community, specifically the United Nations, towards an effective involvement to achieving a resolution to this conflict.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nations
2. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html