citizenship
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3.5
- noun
- /ˈsɪtɪzənˌʃɪp/
:
ciudadanía
- Pollard has been granted Israeli citizenship, and a square in Jerusalem has been renamed in his honor.
- citizenship rights
- citizenship status
- grant citizenship
He was granted Moroccan citizenship, but Paul wasn't.
- He was granted Moroccan citizenship, but Paul wasn't.
- The once radical promise of birthright citizenship is beyond their reach.
- As much as someone may dislike the policy of birthright citizenship, it's in the US Constitution.
- If you're born on the soil, you're given citizenship.
- So I'm now I have to renounce citizenship.
- And I think we see the the close linkage of military service and US citizenship coming out of this time.
- They, they were American nationals and they also had the Mexican citizenship.
- My father, my father is a proud Nigerian man who came to this country and took his citizenship test and pays his taxes.
- It created national citizenship for all persons except Indians.
- So they do have some rights that protect them, but don't give them the rights of like citizenship.
- This morning we have seen a sickening attempt to destroy those freedoms and to break those bonds of citizenship that define our United Kingdom.
Examples
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But a month later, after a fierce debate in Parliament, her citizenship was reinstated.
Academic text (2008) -
When I applied for my citizenship, I had to take this test.
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Most of the people in the room from the United States got your citizenship the same way I did.
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What about that, uh, citizenship class you used to teach at night?
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As soon as you get this, please go to the immigration office to prove our citizenship.
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The US Constitution grants citizenship to everyone born on US soil except in one jurisdiction.
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I studied for the civics test to get my citizenship.
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Thus, on May 16, 2006, her Dutch citizenship was revoked and she resigned from Parliament.
Academic text (2008) -
When I applied for my citizenship, I had to take a citizenship test to demonstrate my knowledge of the country's history and government.
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The citizenship process requires applicants to show proof of residence and legal status.
Synonyms
31
3.0
The country a person legally belongs to by birth or by becoming a citizen
Antonyms
Compounds
How Foreign
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8.2
1
6.8
- Formal
- Formal
201
3.3
768
2.5
134
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word citizenship comes from the old root civ-, which means 'city' or 'the people of a city' and is the same root as city. So citizenship originally meant being a member of a city with rights and duties, which is why today it means the legal status that gives you rights and responsibilities in a country.