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citizenship
[ sit-uh-zuhn-ship, -suhn- ]
noun
- the state of being vested with the rights, privileges, and duties of a citizen.
- the character of an individual viewed as a member of society; behavior in terms of the duties, obligations, and functions of a citizen:
an award for good citizenship.
citizenship
/ ˈsɪtɪzənˌʃɪp /
noun
- the condition or status of a citizen, with its rights and duties
- a person's conduct as a citizen
an award for good citizenship
Word History and Origins
Origin of citizenship1
Example Sentences
As well as financial help, over the past two years, Turkey has also granted citizenship to dozens of Hamas members, according to one person briefed on the issue, allowing them to travel without visas to more than 100 countries.
Turkey insists that it never grants citizenship to people with proven links to terrorism or violence.
This week on Deep Tech, she joins our editor-in-chief, Gideon Lichfield, to discuss why backlash from a controversial citizenship bill prompted the government to cut online communications.
The protest was against a controversial citizenship bill that the government planned to introduce.
The second reason is that more of the immigrants who are eligible for citizenship are getting naturalized.
In particular, it applies to immigrants who lost their U.S. citizenship after their involvement in World War II was discovered.
And yet our country has redefined citizenship in some extraordinary ways since its inception.
He promises the undocumented a chance to ‘get right with the law’ but says there will be ‘no free pass’ to citizenship either.
It does not grant citizenship or the right to stay here permanently, or offer the same benefits that citizens receive.
Canada and the United States are the only industrialized countries that retain birthright citizenship.
When her marital relation ends she may elect to retain her marital or her original citizenship.
In 1855 Congress passed an act conferring citizenship on alien women who should marry American citizens.
At any time, on certain conditions, a member of a tribal ward can apply for full citizenship in a municipality.
How long is it since Jews were granted full rights of citizenship in Christian England?
What claims then have colored men, based upon the principles set forth, as fundamentally entitled to citizenship?
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