Nationality (Noun)
Meaning 1
The status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
Examples
- Her nationality was Canadian, but she had lived in the United States for most of her life.
- The form asked for her nationality, so she wrote down "Australian" in the box.
- He had multiple nationalities due to his parents being from different countries.
- Her nationality was often mistaken for Italian, but she was actually Spanish.
- The company's hiring policy did not discriminate based on nationality, age, or gender.
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Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.