Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having no state.
- adjective Not having any recognized citizenship in a state or nation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without state or pomp.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Without state or pomp.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective computer science Of a system or protocol, such that it does not keep a persistent state between transactions.
- adjective dated Without
state orpomp . - adjective law Without a
state ornationality , not subject to any state.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective without nationality or citizenship
Etymologies
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Examples
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Remain stateless and without political or social rights forever, a permanently homeless caste scattered across the Middle East?
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We have learned that no revolutionary project can be complete while men systematically dominate and exploit women; that socialism is a rather empty goal - even if it is "stateless" - if men's domination of women is left intact.
Anarkismo.net Deric Shannon and J. Rogue 2009
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We have learned that no revolutionary project can be complete while men systematically dominate and exploit women; that socialism is a rather empty goal -- even if it is "stateless" -- if men's domination of women is left intact.
Anarkismo.net Deric Shannon and J. Rogue 2009
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Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin stateless domicile in France
Literature 1933 1933
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Last week, President Medvedev announced that such so-called stateless Russian speakers in the Baltics would be allowed to enter Russia without a visa.
In Lithuania, Better Hide That Hammer and Sickle - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Last week, President Medvedev announced that such so-called stateless Russian speakers in the Baltics would be allowed to enter Russia without a visa.
In Lithuania, Better Hide That Hammer and Sickle - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Last week, President Medvedev announced that such so-called stateless Russian speakers in the Baltics would be allowed to enter Russia without a visa.
In Lithuania, Better Hide That Hammer and Sickle - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Last week, President Medvedev announced that such so-called stateless Russian speakers in the Baltics would be allowed to enter Russia without a visa.
In Lithuania, Better Hide That Hammer and Sickle - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The Chronicle article quotes Michael Barr, director of the aviation safety and security program at USC, as follows: "You become what is called a stateless person, and that would be very unprecedented."
Still more unchecked powers for the Bush administration Glenn Greenwald 2006
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The Chronicle article quotes Michael Barr, director of the aviation safety and security program at USC, as follows: "You become what is called a stateless person, and that would be very unprecedented."
Archive 2006-08-01 Glenn Greenwald 2006
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