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单词 nationality
释义 na·tion·al·i·ty
\ˌnashəˈnaləd.ē, ˌnaash-, ˌnaish-, -ətē, -i\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: national (I) + -ity
1.
 a. : national quality or character
  < those peculiar institutions which colored all their nationality — J.T.Graves >
 b. : the quality of being distinctively national
  < the question of the value of nationality in art — Edward Hopper b. 1882 >
2. : nationalism
 < the anglicizing policy … robbed Irish nationality of a great deal of its native force — Aidan Mulloy >
3.
 a. : the fact or state of belonging to a nation : the status of being a national; specifically : a legal relationship between an individual and a nation involving allegiance on the part of the individual and usually protection on the part of the state
  < until … recently voluntary resignation of nationality was not generally recognized — Edward Jenks >
 b. : the quality or state of being a national of a particular nation
  < a local citizenship in addition to their British nationalityNews from New Zealand >
  < before a national can acquire the nationality of another state — D.V.Sandifer >
4. : the quality or state of being a nation; specifically : political independence or existence as a separate nation
 < product of Canada's own evolving nationality — H.W.Baehr >
 < if the nationality of any of the smaller German states were extinguished — Examiner >
5.
 a. : a usually large and closely associated aggregation of people having a common and distinguishing origin, tradition, and language and potentially capable of or actually being organized in a nation-state
  < the diverse nationalities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire desired independence >
 b. : a group of people having a common and distinguishing racial, linguistic, and cultural background and forming one constituent element of a larger group (as a nation) : an ethnic group
  < in China … some fifty nationalities have been noted — John De Francis >
  < Russia's population consists of some 140 nationalitiesPulaski Foundation Bulletin >
6. : national or ethnic background
 < immigrants … of the same language and nationality seek one another — Edith T. Bremer >
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