citizenship
Pluralcitizenships
- 1The state of being a citizen; the legal status of belonging to a particular country as a recognized member.
After years of paperwork, Maria finally received her American citizenship at a ceremony downtown.
Children born in the United States automatically acquire citizenship at birth.
Similarnationality
Note
As a status in general it takes no article, as when courts weigh the elements of citizenship for immigrants. It becomes countable when one person holds several: an American can acquire citizenships in Israel and Canada, or obtain a St. Kitts and Nevis citizenship through a real estate investment. The plural and the article treat it as something a person holds, one for each country.
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Origin
Formed from citizen combined with the suffix -ship.