Nationality
WordNet
noun
(1) People having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation
"Immigrants of the same nationality often seek each other out"
"Such images define their sense of nationality"
(2) The status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From , recorded since 1691, perhaps modelled on ; ultimately from .
Noun
- 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.
- Nationalism or patriotism.
Synonyms
affiliation, allegiance, ancestry, citizenship, descent, enfranchisement, ethnicity, national status, naturalization, origin, parentage, race, residence, status ancestry, color, colour, ethnicity, identity, origin clan, confederation, cultural group, culture, denomination, ethnic group, ethnicity, faith, group, nation, people, persuasion, race, sect, tribe autarchy, autonomy, freedom, independence, liberty, nationhood, self-determination, self-government, self-rule, separation, sovereignty nationalism, patriotic sentiment, patriotism,Related terms
- nation, national, nationalise, nationalism, nationalist, nationalistic, nationalize
- nationhood
- nation-state
- nationwide