nationality
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From national + -ity, recorded since 1691, perhaps modelled on French nationalité; ultimately from Latin nātio (“nation, people”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- na‧tion‧al‧ity
Noun [edit]
nationality (plural nationalities)
- Membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.
- National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity.
- A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.
- Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.
- (archaic) Nationalism or patriotism.
Synonyms [edit]
- (membership of a nation or state): affiliation, allegiance, ancestry, citizenship, descent, enfranchisement, ethnicity, national status, naturalization, origin, parentage, race, residence, status
- (national character or identity): ancestry, color, colour, ethnicity, identity, origin
- (a people): clan, confederation, cultural group, culture, denomination, ethnic group, ethnicity, faith, group, nation, people, persuasion, race, sect, tribe
- (political existence as a national entity): autarchy, autonomy, freedom, independence, liberty, nationhood, self-determination, self-government, self-rule, separation, sovereignty
- (nationalism): nationalism, patriotic sentiment, patriotism,
Related terms [edit]
- nation, national, nationalise, nationalism, nationalist, nationalistic, nationalize
- nationhood
- nation-state
- nationwide
Translations [edit]
membership of a nation or state
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national character or identity
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people belonging to a nation or state
political existence as a national entity
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nationalism — see nationalism
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