anthrostate
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A political unit that is defined by its population and ideas rather than geographical borders.
Example Sentences
- "Weinersmith, who is best known for his webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, describes the polystate as a geopolitical entity in which multiple overlapping states exist — but each “state” consists of citizens who have agreed to the laws of a single non-geographic state; typical geographically-bound nations, or traditional “geostates”, would be replaced by “polystates”, which are collections of “anthrostates”."
- "Each citizen of a polystate would choose allegiance to an anthrostate, agreeing to be bound by its regulations and gaining the advantages of its services. Citizens of multiple anthrostates would coexist in the same region, with next-door neighbors possibly choosing to live under completely different systems. […] Importantly, citizens would be able to change anthrostate on a regular basis, allowing them to experiment with different types of governance."
Etymology
Etymology tree English anthro- Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state English anthrostate From anthro- + state, coined by author Zach Weinersmith.