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καθεστώς — meaning in English

kathestos

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English meaning

  • establishment noun A business, organization, or institution, especially one with a physical location.
  • nation noun A large group of people who share a common history, culture, language, or identity, often but not always tied to a specific country.
  • regime noun A government in power, especially one seen as authoritarian.
  • state noun The particular condition someone or something is in at a given time.
  • status noun The current state or condition of something at a given moment.
  • status quo noun The way things are at present, especially when contrasted with a proposed change.

Senses

καθεστώς is used for these senses in English:

  • establishment That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.
  • nation (international, _, legal, metonymically) A sovereign state; (loosely, metonymically, proscribed) a country.
  • regime A form of government, or the government in power, particularly an authoritarian or totalitarian one.
  • state (anthropology) A society larger than a tribe. A society large enough to form a state in the sense of a government.
  • status A situation or state of affairs.
  • status quo The state of things; the way things are, as opposed to the way they could be; the existing state of affairs.

establishment — full definition

  1. noun A business, organization, or institution, especially one with a physical location.
  2. noun The act of setting something up permanently, or the state of being set up.
  3. noun The powerful, entrenched group in a society or field that tends to protect the existing order.

nation — full definition

  1. noun A large group of people who share a common history, culture, language, or identity, often but not always tied to a specific country.
  2. noun A country, especially as a political and territorial unit.

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