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单词 birthright citizenship
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birthright citizenship

[ burth-rahyt sit-uh-zuhn-ship ]
/ ˈbɜrθˌraɪt ˈsɪt ə zənˌʃɪp /

noun

the practice of automatically granting citizenship to a child born in a particular country, regardless of the citizenship status of the parent or parents: an end to birthright citizenship.
the state of having such citizenship: to grant birthright citizenship to the child of new immigrants.

Origin of birthright citizenship

First recorded in 1845–50

Words nearby birthright citizenship

birth pangs, birth parent, birthplace, birthrate, birthright, birthright citizenship, birthroot, birthstone, birthstool, birth trauma, birthweight
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Example sentences from the Web for birthright citizenship

  • Waslin calls the birthright-citizenship movement “a distraction that moves us from fixing a broken immigration system.”

    Immigration's New Poster Child|Terry Greene Sterling|June 12, 2010|DAILY BEAST
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