pariah state
Internationally shunned nation
A pariah state is a nation that the international community has largely rejected or isolated, typically because of its government's policies, human rights abuses, or pursuit of weapons programs.
Such states often face diplomatic shunning, economic sanctions, and exclusion from international organizations.
North Korea remains the world's most notorious pariah state.
The term carries strong condemnation, suggesting the country has placed itself outside acceptable norms of behavior.
- North KoreaIsolated East Asian state
- axis of evilNamed hostile state grouping
- nuclear threatRisk of warhead deployment
- dictatorshipUnchecked single-ruler government
- isolationComplete separation from others
sanctions · apartheid · outcast · ostracism · embargo · genocide · rogue · leper · war crimes · war criminal · Nazi Germany · unclean · Saudi Arabia · international isolation · oppression · authoritarianism · regime change · trade embargoes
- military rulemilitary junta, military regime, military rule, military council, junta
- sovereigntynational sovereignty, nation, popular sovereignty, territorial sovereignty, nationhood
pariah stateally
Supportive partner
partner · strategic partner · friend · neighbor · trading partner
pariah statesuperpower
Dominant nation or magical ability
great power · hegemon · world leader · world power · standard-bearer
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