English Explanatory Dictionary

nationality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.
  2. A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.
  3. National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity.
  4. Nationalism or patriotism.
  5. Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.

Pronunciation

/ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ /ˌnæʃˈnæl.ɪ.ti/ /-ˈnæl.ə.ti/ /-ˈnæl.ti/ En-us-nationality.ogg

Word forms

nationality nationalities

Etymology

From national + -ity, perhaps after French nationalité; ultimately from Latin nātio (“nation, people”).

Synonyms

affiliation allegiance ancestry citizenship descent enfranchisement ethnicity national status naturalization origin parentage race residence status clan confederation cultural group culture denomination ethnic group faith group nation people persuasion sect tribe color colour identity nationalism patriotic sentiment patriotism autarchy autonomy freedom independence liberty nationhood self-determination self-government self-rule separation sovereignty

Related words

nation national nationalise nationalism nationalist nationalistic nationalize nationhood nation-state nationwide naturalize

Derived words

antinationality double nationality dual nationality ethnonationality nationalitarian nationality sign transnationality unnationality
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