NATIONALITY

nationality

(noun) 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”

nationality

(noun) the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

nationality (plural nationalities)

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.

(archaic) Nationalism or patriotism.

Synonyms

• (membership of a nation or state): affiliation, allegiance, ancestry, citizenship, descent, enfranchisement, ethnicity, national status, naturalization, origin, parentage, race, residence, status

• (national character or identity): ancestry, color, colour, ethnicity, identity, origin

• (a people): clan, confederation, cultural group, culture, denomination, ethnic group, ethnicity, faith, group, nation, people, persuasion, race, sect, tribe

• (political existence as a national entity): autarchy, autonomy, freedom, independence, liberty, nationhood, self-determination, self-government, self-rule, separation, sovereignty

• (nationalism): nationalism, patriotic sentiment, patriotism,

Source: Wiktionary

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Na`tion*al"i*ty, n.; pl. Nationalities. Etym: [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.

5. The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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