nationality

noun
/ˌnæʃ.əˈnæl.ɪ.ti/

Etymology

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

  1. derived from national
  2. suffixed as nationality — “national + -ity

Definitions

  1. Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization,…

    Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.

    • By living in the country for five years, you are entitled to get nationality.
    • Stefi was born in Spain to a Brazilian father and a Chilean mother, so is eligible for three nationalities.
    • Please include your nationality on the form.
  2. A people sharing a common origin, culture and/or language, and possibly constituting a…

    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. + 2 more definitions
    1. Nationalism or patriotism.

      • ‘You are, to be sure, wonderfully free from that nationality: but so it happens, that you employ the only Scotch shoe-black in London.’
    2. Political existence, independence or unity as a national entity.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at nationality. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at nationality. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at nationality

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA