Micronation is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Micronation meaning
- 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”).
Using Micronation
- The main meaning on this page is: 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”).
- In the example corpus, micronation often appears in combinations such as: term micronation.
Context around Micronation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Micronation
- In this selection, "micronation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, term, notorious, situated and phenomenon stand out and add context to how "micronation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include is a micronation situated on and most notorious micronation as well. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "micronation" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with micronation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mateusz Kudła,citation The term "micronation" to describe those entities dates at least to the 1970s. (16 words)
The Principality of Sealand is a micronation situated on Roughs Tower, a platform off the coast of Britain. (18 words)
It has been described as the "world's most notorious micronation" as well as the "world's smallest and weirdest country". (21 words)
Some micronations like Sealand or Hutt River reject the term micronation and consider themselves as sovereign states; other micronations like Flandrensis or Molossia have no intention to be recognized as real states. (32 words)
Academic, literary, and media attention There has been a small but growing amount of attention paid to the micronation phenomenon in recent years. (23 words)
It has been described as the "world's most notorious micronation" as well as the "world's smallest and weirdest country". (21 words)
Example sentences (5)
The Principality of Sealand is a micronation situated on Roughs Tower, a platform off the coast of Britain.
Academic, literary, and media attention There has been a small but growing amount of attention paid to the micronation phenomenon in recent years.
It has been described as the "world's most notorious micronation" as well as the "world's smallest and weirdest country".
Mateusz Kudła,citation The term "micronation" to describe those entities dates at least to the 1970s.
Some micronations like Sealand or Hutt River reject the term micronation and consider themselves as sovereign states; other micronations like Flandrensis or Molossia have no intention to be recognized as real states.
Common combinations with micronation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: