Definition of "stateless" [state•less]

• Having no state. (adjective)
• Not having any recognized citizenship in a state or nation. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Remain stateless and without political or social rights forever, a permanently homeless caste scattered across the Middle East?"
• "We have learned that no revolutionary project can be complete while men systematically dominate and exploit women; that socialism is a rather empty goal -- even if it is "stateless" -- if men's domination of women is left intact."
• "We have learned that no revolutionary project can be complete while men systematically dominate and exploit women; that socialism is a rather empty goal - even if it is "stateless" - if men's domination of women is left intact."