alienagen.
/ˈeɪlɪənɪdʒ/, U.S. /ˈeɪliənɪdʒ/, /ˈeɪljənɪdʒ/ The condition or legal standing of an alien. Also occasionally: the state or experience of feeling alienated; alienation.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > non-native inhabitant > condition of being
alienage1677
alienship1759
alienism1783
peregrinityc1850
1677 Bp. G. Burnet Mem. Dukes of Hamilton vi. 394 They begun with Alienage, and studied to make it appear, that though he was a Scotchman born, yet he was no Alien, having enjoyed all the Priviledges an Englishman was capable of.
1736 M. Bacon New Abridgm. Law I. 85 If Alienage be pleaded to an Alien in League, it must be pleaded in Abatement or Disability of the Plaintiff.
1775 W. Bolts Considerations India Affairs II. viii. 137 The writer, whose father was a German, and himself not a natural-born subject of his Majesty, pleaded his alienage in bar to the discovery and relief sought.
1809 T. E. Tomlins Jacob's Law-dict. at Abatement Alienage is a plea in abatement, now discouraged, and seldom used.
1863 A. Lincoln Ann. Message to Congr. 9 Dec. in Jrnl. U.S. Senate 10 Exemption from military service..on the ground of alienage.
1931 C. A. Smith in Wonder Stories July 205/2 As I viewed this city, I forgot my initial sense of bewildering loss and alienage.
1985 United Press Internat. (Nexis) 24 Jan. Liberals in Congress strongly backed the amendment, which would have made it a crime to discriminate against a job-seeker based on his alienage.
2002 L. A. Graglia in M. H. Belsky Rehnquist Court vii. 120 The Court has..disallowed most distinctions on the basis of sex, legitimacy, and alienage, and so on almost endlessly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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