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English
Etymology
From micronation + -ality.
Noun
micronationality (uncountable)
- The state or quality of being micronational; micronationalism.
1997 September 25, Anthony Lawless/Barry Morrison, “Le Bien Public”, in alt.politics.micronations (Usenet):I still believe Pedro "Daniel "Pedro" Aguiar" Aguiar and Eli Naeher to be the Beavis and Butthead of micronationality.
2016 April 20, Philip Hayward, “Islands and micronationality (V2)”, in Shima, page 6:While the future scenarios sketched by Frey and the SI above potentially comprise a new horizon for Island Studies; this theme anthology of Shima addresses various aspects of islands and micronationality that have occurred to date.
2023 October 17, Harry Hobbs, Philip Hayward, Robert Motum, “Cyber Micronations and Digital Sovereignty”, in Digital Society, volume 2, number 3, Springer Science+Business Media, page 3:Unlike the first waves referred to above, which predominantly involved claims on territories that had been visited and/or inhabited by the claimants, this wave involved the assertion of micronationality for territories that the claimants often had minimal acquaintance with and/or no actual intention of attempting to physically occupy or develop.
Usage notes
- Less common than micronationalism, this term is used predominantly in the works of Philip Hayward and the journal Shima. It is not widely-used among micronationalists.