micronationality

English

Etymology

From micronation +‎ -ality.

Noun

micronationality (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being micronational; micronationalism.
   • 1997 September 25, Anthony Lawless/Barry Morrison, “Le Bien Public”, in alt.politics.micronations‎^[1] (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^[2], 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^[3], 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.