nationality
IPA: næʃʌnˈæɫʌti
noun
- (now rare) National, i.e. ethnic and/or cultural, character or identity.
- (now rare) Nationalism or patriotism.
- National origin or identity; legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.
- A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a nation-state.
- (obsolete) Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.
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Examples of "nationality" in Sentences
- The death of civilians, of any nationality, is a tragedy.
- And "nationality" is nothing if not a spiritual phenomenon.
- Article 30 - Mexican nationality is acquired by birth or by naturalization.
- Yes, a child born on Mexican territory of foreign parents, regardless of the parents 'nationality, is a Mexican by birth.
- The fact that the two states still have their differences over the national question and other matters such as nationality is explicitly stated in the treaty.
- Such is the Roman origo, quite akin to what we call nationality, except that the origo relates to the restricted locality of one's birth, and nationality to one's native land.
- Says Mayo-Smith, "It is not in unity of blood but in unity of institutions and social habits and ideals that we are to seek that which we call nationality," and nationality is the result of assimilation.
- Out of curiosity, under "Article 30 - Mexican nationality is acquired by birth or by naturalization", would that mean that if a Canadian couple gave birth to their baby in Mexico, that baby could aquire Mexican citizenship when it's born?
- I think that the lived reality of intangible/immaterial constructions such as nationality is more authoritative in terms of what they “are” – which is a descriptive statement – than your insistence that they are certain platonic ideals even nobody involved understands them that way.
- In other words, each country in a sense would think of themselves as the Chairman, because they know their nationality is the ideal one for the Chairman and what could be done with the role of every other country, as if being the responsible Chairman of a Committee one said, Now this week I want Australia on the committee -- they will be able to make that particular point.
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