the state or condition of being, or of belonging to, a (unified) people
2.
the sense of being, or being part of, a (unified) people
peoplehood in American English
(ˈpipəlˌhud)
noun
1.
the state or condition of being a people
2.
the consciousness of certain beliefs or characteristics that make one part of a people; sense of belonging to a people
Word origin
[1905–10; people + -hood]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: jazz, one-shot, overcall, push-up, white list-hood is a native English suffix denoting state, condition, character, nature, etc., ora body of persons of a particular character or class, formerly used in the formationof nouns. Other words that use the affix -hood include: girlhood, hardihood, nationhood, scouthood, widowhood