0 the fact of being a nation (= a country with its own government, language, traditions, etc.):
The launch of a new, common, and negotiable currency money was fundamental to flourishing nationhood.
They were generally wary of the emotive language of nationhood, emphasizing instead the importance of democratic, liberal, and civic values based on reason.
Although they have been treated discretely here (physically and functionally), their relationship does indeed point up certain ambiguities regarding the idea of nationhood.
The task of securing that support on an active basis in the aftermath of partition as an essential foundation of composite nationhood remained neglected.
Moreover, it became more common to produce music that attended to place, cultural origin and nationhood.
In other words, nationhood was promoted in schools as a surrogate for full citizen status.
I argue, however, that during the period 1867- 1905,8 the conceptualisation of nationhood in terms of culture was a major trajectory in rethinking identity.
In the later period of nation-building, it was initially considered as a challenge to multiracialism and nationhood.
