statehood

From state +‎ -hood.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsteɪthʊd/

statehood (countable and uncountable, plural statehoods)

1. The property of being a state.

   Alaska didn't attain statehood until 1959, when it became the 49th state of the United States.

2. The condition of being a country.
   • 2022 August 24, “Russia’s War on Ukraine: Six Months of Lies, Implemented”, in United States Department of State‎^[1], archived from the original on 24 August 2022‎^[2]:

     Medvedev cited these supposed “Western analysts” in order to propagate Russia’s colonial fantasy: envisioning Ukraine’s territory reduced to just the Kyiv region, while the remainder of Ukraine would be divided among Russia, Poland, Romania, and Hungary. Such a narrative recalls Putin’s February 2022 speech questioning Ukraine’s statehood and accompanies intensifying Russian calls to expand its “special military operation” to realize its imperial map.