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Webster 1913 Edition
Nationality
Naˊtion-al′i-ty
,Noun.
pl.
Nationalities
(#)
. [Cf. F.
nationalité
.] 1.
The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one’s own nation; patriotism.
2.
The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation; national character.
3.
A race or people, as determined by common language and character, and not by political bias or divisions; a nation.
The fulfillment of his mission is to be looked for in the condition of
nationalities
and the character of peoples. H. W. Beecher.
4.
Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national unity and integrity.
Webster 1828 Edition
Nationality
NATIONALITY
,Noun.
Definition 2024
nationality
nationality
English
Noun
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
- (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
- nation, national, nationalise, nationalism, nationalist, nationalistic, nationalize
- nationhood
- nation-state
- nationwide
Translations
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