"civilization-state" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2009, LA Times, 22 November, Martin Jacques http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/22/opinion/la-oe-jacques22-2009nov22",
          "text": "Although China has described itself as a nation-state for the last century, it is in essence a civilization-state. The longest continually existing polity in the world, it dates to 221 BC and the victory of the Qin. Unlike Western nation-states, China's sense of identity comes from its long history as a civilization-state."
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          "text": "2010, Newsweek, 25 January, Martin Jacques\nChina may call itself a nation-state (although only for the past century), but in essence it is a civilization-state dating back at least two millennia."
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        "A political entity (a state) associated with a particular civilization."
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          "political",
          "political"
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          "entity",
          "entity"
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        [
          "state",
          "state"
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        [
          "civilization",
          "civilization"
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "nation-state"
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        {
          "word": "civilization state"
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        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "political entity",
          "word": "文明國家"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wénmíng guójiā",
          "sense": "political entity",
          "word": "文明国家"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "political entity",
          "word": "sivilisaatiovaltio"
        }
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  "word": "civilization-state"
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "nation-state"
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          "text": "Although China has described itself as a nation-state for the last century, it is in essence a civilization-state. The longest continually existing polity in the world, it dates to 221 BC and the victory of the Qin. Unlike Western nation-states, China's sense of identity comes from its long history as a civilization-state."
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          "text": "2010, Newsweek, 25 January, Martin Jacques\nChina may call itself a nation-state (although only for the past century), but in essence it is a civilization-state dating back at least two millennia."
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          "civilization",
          "civilization"
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    {
      "word": "civilization state"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "political entity",
      "word": "文明國家"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "wénmíng guójiā",
      "sense": "political entity",
      "word": "文明国家"
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      "word": "sivilisaatiovaltio"
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