Empire
Empire noun - A group of businesses or enterprises under one control.
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Synonyms for Empire
Nation state and empire are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Nation state" instead a noun "Empire".
Nation state
Empire and nation state are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Empire" instead a noun phrase "Nation state".
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- Some Truce Zones refer to themselves as a "free city", a region not controlled by The Empire, The Federation or any other nation state.
Source: Truce Zone - Turkey reformed itself from a Vestigial Empire into a nation state under Ataturk who was, for the Turks, sort of a semi-benign cross between a Glorious Leader and a Cincinnatus.
Source: Useful Notes / Turks with Troops
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Nation state and Empire. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 27, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/empire/nation_state
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