nationless
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7.1
Not belonging to any country and having no citizenship
- adjective
- /ˈneɪʃənləs/
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- The nationless individuals wandered through the land, searching for a place to belong.
Examples
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The Kurds are a nationless people looking for a nation who had drifted across borders into Iraq and then started a separatist movement attempting to grab land from Iraq.
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The plight of the nationless children highlighted the struggles of those without a homeland.
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Without a passport, he felt like a nationless person, lost between borders.
Synonyms
stateless
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7.4
A person not recognized as a citizen by any country
refers more generally to absence of belonging or association with any country
nonnational
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6.3
Not connected to one nation, often involving people from different countries
means lacking membership or association with any country
Antonyms
Surface Forms
nationless positive
Morphology
Etymology
Nationless comes from nation ('people from the same country') plus the ending -less ('without'). It gives the image of a person who has no country to call home, which is why it means 'not belonging to any nation or country'.