independent state
collocation in Englishmeaningsofindependentandstate
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independent
adjective
uk/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/us/ˌɪn.dɪˈpen.dənt/
not influenced or controlled in any way by other people, events, ...
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state
noun
uk/steɪt/us/steɪt/
a condition or way of being that exists at a ...
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(Definition ofindependentandstatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Our particular interest is to identify (dis)continuities in the transformation from a colonial to anindependentstate.
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Theindependentstateformalized this pattern by investing land ownership in the office of the president and use rights in farmers' hands.
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Theindependentstatetransformed colonial institutions but did not maintain colonial common property regimes for water source, irrigation and forest management.
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The importance of the elections was due, in some part, to the need to legitimise theindependentstateand its political leaders.
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By 1947, the discursive and material practices of the colonial state had entrenched some resilient habits of governance which theindependentstateinherited.
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The particle outside the black hole cannot be described by anindependentstatevector.
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Are they not to be embraced in the collegiate total of this slowly emergingindependentstate?
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I do not accept the notion of anindependentstatewith limited sovereignty.
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It was the first attempt since 1945 to annexe a sovereign,independentstate.
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It is a matter of a bargain with a perfectlyindependentstate.
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One of the reasons why a country is entitled to take action in connection with anindependentstateis the protection of its citizens.
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It is not at all the same as an invasion of anindependentstate.
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It sets out the attributes of the constitution of anindependentstate.
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We shall be watching closely to see how they prosper in their new,independentstate.
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The states and their national borders derive not from domestic movements which shaped anindependentstate, but simply from the colonial past.
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This double standard approach on the basis of ethnic background is the worst scenario for the founding of anindependentstate.
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They decided that they wanted anindependentstateschool.
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