nonstate /ˈnɒnˌsteɪt/adjective 1noun 1forms 1 adjective1 •Not constituting or belonging to a state; not characterised by the institutional power or authority of an organized government.The nonstate peoples we are most familiar with are the hunters and gatherers living in small bands like the ǃKung San of the Kalahari Desert and the Inuit of the Arctic. — 2011 noun1 •A sociopolitical entity other than a state.States that fail to sufficiently attend to the "imagined" attributes of statehood required by the international system risk being deemed nonstates by the international community... — 2005 formsnonstates
