nationalityn.

Brit.

/ˌnaʃ(ə)ˈnalᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌnæʃəˈnælədi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: national adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: < national adj. + -ity suffix. Compare French nationalité (1778 in sense 2, 1835 in sense 3a).

a. National quality or character. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > [noun] > national quality or character

nationality1691

national character1730

national characteristic1790

1691 Proc. relating to Mill'd-lead-sheathing 37 in T. Hale Acct. Several New Inventions The Ingredients employed..are of Forreign growth; which we make use of not so much for the sake of the Nationality of its Argument [etc.].

1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 847 We must again enter our protest against the Nationality of a library conducted on such principles.

a1832 J. T. Graves Rom. & Canon Law in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 741/1 Those peculiar institutions which coloured all their nationality.

a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Hist. (1855) iv. 121 Ancient British nationality received into itself a Roman nationality.

1901 W. B. Yeats Let. Aug. (1994) III. 108 The nationality of Ireland is in her songs and in her stories, and in her chronicles and in her traditions.

†b. As a count noun: a national trait, characteristic, or peculiarity. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > [noun] > national trait, characteristic, or peculiarity

nationality1797

1797 Monthly Rev. 22 248 They remember with pleasure those nationalities which civilization is effacing.

1823 Monthly Rev. 102 420 He described our everyday nationalities.

†c. In literature, art, etc.: the quality of being distinctively national. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > nations > [noun] > quality of being national

nationalness1681

nationality1827

1827 T. Carlyle State Germ. Lit. in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 308 All true nationality vanished from its literature.

1840 New Monthly Mag. 59 369 That peculiar wildness and eccentricity, or, if we may so term it, nationality, by which the primitive melodies of the Scotch, Welsh, and Irish, are..distinguished.

1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 129 I have little faith in that quality in literature which is commonly called nationality.

2. Nationalism; attachment to one's country or nation; national feeling. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [noun]

nationality1754

nationalism1798

1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. To Public 440 The Pirates have endeavoured to make a National cause of the transaction. But is not the Nationality of these men a cover for the basest Selfishness?

1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Pref. p. xxvi The characteristic prudence, the selfish nationality, the indefatigable smile.

1785 J. Boswell Jrnl. Tour Hebrides 11 He could not but see in them that nationality which I should think no liberal minded Scotsman will deny.

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 665 Nationality is not patriotism, or it would admire the nationality of other nations.

1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer II. iii. 192 Her strong and profound Greek nationality.

1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. vii. 436 A spirit of nationality had arisen.

1904 W. T. Mills Struggle for Existence iii. xx. 259 The instinct of nationality has made workers of different countries enemies to each other.

1914 G. Fitzmaurice Moonlighter in Five Plays 90 Think of yourself, Eugene, and you mad with nationality!

a. National origin or identity; (Law) the status of being a citizen or subject of a particular state; the legal relationship between a citizen and his or her state, usually involving obligations of support and protection; a particular national identity. Also: the legal relationship between a ship, aircraft, company, etc., and the state in which it is registered.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal concepts > [noun] > legal relationship between state and individual

nationality1763

nationalty1855

the world > people > nations > national of a country > [noun] > persons of particular nation > nationality

nationality1763

nationalty1855

1763 J. Fothergill Let. 19 Aug. in Chain of Friendship (1971) 231 Are they not daily reproaching the English for invidious distinctions, and are they not daily giving the English too obvious instances of their own nationality (excuse a new coined word).

1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. v. 95 [He] had wisely cast off his nationality when it could only occasion pain.

1846 H. W. Torrens Remarks Uses Mil. Hist. 50 The confused usage of military terms among the Greeks arising from their differences of dialect and separate nationalities.

1878 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory ii. 13 Every article of furniture..bore the impress of its nationality.

1880 W. E. Hall Internat. Law ii. v. 188 The more important states recognise..that the child of a foreigner ought to be allowed to be himself a foreigner, unless he manifests a wish to assume or retain the nationality of the state in which he has been born.

1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy iii. iii. 122 The town of Italy where men of all nationalities had most met.

1893 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 209 The ship..was of French nationality.

1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xii. 117 Escorted by a..bevy of men of all ages and of most nationalities, she called forth many exclamations of admiration..as she passed.

1907 L. A. Atherley-Jones Commerce in War vi. 345 Every merchant vessel is expected to carry on board some official documents vouching for her nationality.

1927 Pictorial Weekly 3 Mar. 117/1 Ships of all nationalities ‘talking’ with shore stations.

1928 E. M. Borchard Diplomatic Protection of Citizens Abroad iii. 555 With the rise of the modern state in Europe..nationality became the test of civil and political status.

1962 Listener 1 Feb. 211/2 It was a panel of architects of many nationalities who sketched out the main design.

1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 456/2 The normal way in which nationality is acquired is through birth... Nationality may also be granted to a person who is originally foreign or stateless.

1998 I. Hunter Which? Guide to Employment v. 83 Racial harassment..includes..picking on them unnecessarily because of their race, colour, nationality or ethnic background.

2000 N.Y. Times 6 Aug. v. 6/1 Visitors can sample the foods of 50 different nationalities, from Laotian larb to Mexican mole.

b. A group of persons belonging to a particular nation; a nation; an ethnic or racial group.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > [noun]

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folkOE

mannishOE

nationc1330

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Santee1698

nationality1832

the world > people > nations > [noun]

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nationality1832

the world > people > ethnicities > race > [noun]

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nationality1832

the world > people > nations > national of a country > [noun] > people of various nationalities

nationality1864

1832 J. Hall Legends of West 184 So the gentlemen in question, after some sharp repartees, and after their respective nationalities had bumped and jostled awhile, settled down into amicable travelling companions.

1832 Examiner 488/1 It leaves the various existing nationalities of Germany unimpaired.

1856 G. W. Dasent Jest & Earnest (1873) I. 311 Welded by time and trouble into a distinct nationality.

1864 G. W. Dasent Jest & Earnest (1873) I. 140 Curious it was to see how nationalities herded together over their food.

1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. iv. 59 The Saxons in Germany were still a pure nationality.

1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun v. 88 Whenever he saw a couple of different nationalities he used to hail out to them, and tell Stella that that was the way to live, especially in Trinidad.

1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 244/1 In the Soviet Union, nationalities is more frequently applied to the diverse national-ethnic units who make up the membership of the Union.

1984 B. L. Vigod Jews in Canada 10 Many..came to doubt whether classic Marxism would respect Jews as a nationality.

†4. National property; = nationalty n. 1. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > public or national property

common good1416

strength1662

public stock1663

national treasure1696

nationality1830

nationalty1830

1830 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State 37 The sum total of these heritable portions..I beg leave to name the Propriety; and to call the reserve above mentioned the Nationality.

†5. Separate existence as a nation; national independence or autonomy, esp. as a political state. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > constituting a nation

nationality1832

nation-state1895

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > national independence

nationality1832

1832 Examiner 488/1 If the nationality of any of the smaller German states were extinguished.

1850 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace (1877) III. iv. xiii. 128 The Poles had been fighting—for nationality it is true—but not for national freedom.

1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein II. 26 Now he ripens at once into a great nationality statesman.

1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. iii. 269 So far as force could do it, they annihilated the Jewish nationality.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	nationality
释义	nationalityn. Brit. /ˌnaʃ(ə)ˈnalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌnæʃəˈnælədi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: national adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: < national adj. + -ity suffix. Compare French nationalité (1778 in sense 2, 1835 in sense 3a). 1. a. National quality or character. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > [noun] > national quality or character nationality1691 national character1730 national characteristic1790 1691 Proc. relating to Mill'd-lead-sheathing 37 in T. Hale Acct. Several New Inventions The Ingredients employed..are of Forreign growth; which we make use of not so much for the sake of the Nationality of its Argument [etc.]. 1830 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 28 847 We must again enter our protest against the Nationality of a library conducted on such principles. a1832 J. T. Graves Rom. & Canon Law in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 741/1 Those peculiar institutions which coloured all their nationality. a1854 H. Reed Lect. Eng. Hist. (1855) iv. 121 Ancient British nationality received into itself a Roman nationality. 1901 W. B. Yeats Let. Aug. (1994) III. 108 The nationality of Ireland is in her songs and in her stories, and in her chronicles and in her traditions. †b. As a count noun: a national trait, characteristic, or peculiarity. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > [noun] > national trait, characteristic, or peculiarity nationality1797 1797 Monthly Rev. 22 248 They remember with pleasure those nationalities which civilization is effacing. 1823 Monthly Rev. 102 420 He described our everyday nationalities. †c. In literature, art, etc.: the quality of being distinctively national. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > [noun] > quality of being national nationalness1681 nationality1827 1827 T. Carlyle State Germ. Lit. in Edinb. Rev. Oct. 308 All true nationality vanished from its literature. 1840 New Monthly Mag. 59 369 That peculiar wildness and eccentricity, or, if we may so term it, nationality, by which the primitive melodies of the Scotch, Welsh, and Irish, are..distinguished. 1876 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 2nd Ser. 129 I have little faith in that quality in literature which is commonly called nationality. 2. Nationalism; attachment to one's country or nation; national feeling. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [noun] nationality1754 nationalism1798 1754 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VII. To Public 440 The Pirates have endeavoured to make a National cause of the transaction. But is not the Nationality of these men a cover for the basest Selfishness? 1772 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra I. Pref. p. xxvi The characteristic prudence, the selfish nationality, the indefatigable smile. 1785 J. Boswell Jrnl. Tour Hebrides 11 He could not but see in them that nationality which I should think no liberal minded Scotsman will deny. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 665 Nationality is not patriotism, or it would admire the nationality of other nations. 1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer II. iii. 192 Her strong and profound Greek nationality. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. II. vii. 436 A spirit of nationality had arisen. 1904 W. T. Mills Struggle for Existence iii. xx. 259 The instinct of nationality has made workers of different countries enemies to each other. 1914 G. Fitzmaurice Moonlighter in Five Plays 90 Think of yourself, Eugene, and you mad with nationality! 3. a. National origin or identity; (Law) the status of being a citizen or subject of a particular state; the legal relationship between a citizen and his or her state, usually involving obligations of support and protection; a particular national identity. Also: the legal relationship between a ship, aircraft, company, etc., and the state in which it is registered. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal concepts > [noun] > legal relationship between state and individual nationality1763 nationalty1855 the world > people > nations > national of a country > [noun] > persons of particular nation > nationality nationality1763 nationalty1855 1763 J. Fothergill Let. 19 Aug. in Chain of Friendship (1971) 231 Are they not daily reproaching the English for invidious distinctions, and are they not daily giving the English too obvious instances of their own nationality (excuse a new coined word). 1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. v. 95 [He] had wisely cast off his nationality when it could only occasion pain. 1846 H. W. Torrens Remarks Uses Mil. Hist. 50 The confused usage of military terms among the Greeks arising from their differences of dialect and separate nationalities. 1878 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory ii. 13 Every article of furniture..bore the impress of its nationality. 1880 W. E. Hall Internat. Law ii. v. 188 The more important states recognise..that the child of a foreigner ought to be allowed to be himself a foreigner, unless he manifests a wish to assume or retain the nationality of the state in which he has been born. 1880 ‘V. Lee’ Stud. 18th Cent. Italy iii. iii. 122 The town of Italy where men of all nationalities had most met. 1893 Law Rep.: Probate Div. 209 The ship..was of French nationality. 1905 Baroness Orczy Scarlet Pimpernel xii. 117 Escorted by a..bevy of men of all ages and of most nationalities, she called forth many exclamations of admiration..as she passed. 1907 L. A. Atherley-Jones Commerce in War vi. 345 Every merchant vessel is expected to carry on board some official documents vouching for her nationality. 1927 Pictorial Weekly 3 Mar. 117/1 Ships of all nationalities ‘talking’ with shore stations. 1928 E. M. Borchard Diplomatic Protection of Citizens Abroad iii. 555 With the rise of the modern state in Europe..nationality became the test of civil and political status. 1962 Listener 1 Feb. 211/2 It was a panel of architects of many nationalities who sketched out the main design. 1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 456/2 The normal way in which nationality is acquired is through birth... Nationality may also be granted to a person who is originally foreign or stateless. 1998 I. Hunter Which? Guide to Employment v. 83 Racial harassment..includes..picking on them unnecessarily because of their race, colour, nationality or ethnic background. 2000 N.Y. Times 6 Aug. v. 6/1 Visitors can sample the foods of 50 different nationalities, from Laotian larb to Mexican mole. b. A group of persons belonging to a particular nation; a nation; an ethnic or racial group. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > [noun] thede855 lede971 folkOE mannishOE nationc1330 peoplea1375 birtha1400 Santee1698 nationality1832 the world > people > nations > [noun] countryc1300 nationc1330 languagec1384 peoplec1485 statea1500 nationa1616 nationality1832 the world > people > ethnicities > race > [noun] strindc900 bloodOE gest13.. strainc1330 nationa1382 kindc1390 markc1395 prosapy?a1475 stock1549 stem?c1550 caste1555 spring1597 race1612 issue1620 nationality1832 the world > people > nations > national of a country > [noun] > people of various nationalities nationality1864 1832 J. Hall Legends of West 184 So the gentlemen in question, after some sharp repartees, and after their respective nationalities had bumped and jostled awhile, settled down into amicable travelling companions. 1832 Examiner 488/1 It leaves the various existing nationalities of Germany unimpaired. 1856 G. W. Dasent Jest & Earnest (1873) I. 311 Welded by time and trouble into a distinct nationality. 1864 G. W. Dasent Jest & Earnest (1873) I. 140 Curious it was to see how nationalities herded together over their food. 1874 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. I. iv. 59 The Saxons in Germany were still a pure nationality. 1952 S. Selvon Brighter Sun v. 88 Whenever he saw a couple of different nationalities he used to hail out to them, and tell Stella that that was the way to live, especially in Trinidad. 1964 J. Gould & W. L. Kolb Dict. Social Sci. 244/1 In the Soviet Union, nationalities is more frequently applied to the diverse national-ethnic units who make up the membership of the Union. 1984 B. L. Vigod Jews in Canada 10 Many..came to doubt whether classic Marxism would respect Jews as a nationality. †4. National property; = nationalty n. 1. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > public or national property common good1416 strength1662 public stock1663 national treasure1696 nationality1830 nationalty1830 1830 S. T. Coleridge On Constit. Church & State 37 The sum total of these heritable portions..I beg leave to name the Propriety; and to call the reserve above mentioned the Nationality. †5. Separate existence as a nation; national independence or autonomy, esp. as a political state. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the state > [noun] > constituting a nation nationality1832 nation-state1895 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [noun] > national independence nationality1832 1832 Examiner 488/1 If the nationality of any of the smaller German states were extinguished. 1850 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace (1877) III. iv. xiii. 128 The Poles had been fighting—for nationality it is true—but not for national freedom. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein II. 26 Now he ripens at once into a great nationality statesman. 1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. IV. iii. 269 So far as force could do it, they annihilated the Jewish nationality. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1691
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