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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.
National character; also, the quality of being national, or strongly attached to ones own nation.

Definition 2024


nationality

nationality

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Noun

nationality (plural nationalities)

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

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