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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
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

Merriam Webster's

noun (plural -ties) Date: 1691 1. national character 2. nationalism 1 3. a. national status; specifically a legal relationship involving allegiance on the part of an individual and usually protection on the part of the state b. membership in a particular nation 4. political independence or existence as a separate nation 5. a. a people having a common origin, tradition, and language and capable of forming or actually constituting a nation-state b. an ethnic group constituting one element of a larger unit (as a nation)

Britannica Concise

Affiliation with a particular nation or sovereign state. People, business corporations, ships, and aircraft all have nationalities. Nationality is inferior to citizenship, insofar as the latter implies a full set of political privileges and the former does not. Countries have limited rights to determine which of their inhabitants will be their nationals. People generally acquire a nationality by birth within a particular country's territory, by inheritance from one or both parents, or by naturalization. It may change or be augmented or taken away if a country cedes control of the territory where one lives to another country.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) 1 a the status of belonging to a particular nation (what is your nationality?; has British nationality). b a nation (people of all nationalities). 2 the condition of being national; distinctive national qualities. 3 an ethnic group forming a part of one or more political nations. 4 existence as a nation; nationhood. 5 patriotic sentiment.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Nationality Na`tion*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Nationalities. [Cf. F. nationalit['e].] 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. 5. The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(nationalities) 1. If you have the nationality of a particular country, you were born there or have the legal right to be a citizen. The crew are of different nationalities and have no common language. N-VAR 2. You can refer to people who have the same racial origins as a nationality, especially when they do not have their own independent country. ...the many nationalities that comprise Ethiopia. N-COUNT

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. National character. 2. State, nation, commonwealth. 3. Race, people, nation, stock. 4. Patriotism, love of one's own nation, nationalism.

Moby Thesaurus

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