citizenshipnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən.ʃɪp/us/ˈsɪt̬.ə.zən.ʃɪp/the state of being a member of a particular country and having rights because of it:
He was granted Canadian citizenship.
He holds joint citizenship in Sweden and Peru.
the state of living in a particular area or town and behaving in a way that other people who live there expect of you
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Countries, nationalities & continents: country & nation
- Afro
- compatriot
- countrywide
- homegrown
- homeland
- internation
- land
- mother country
- motherland
- nation-state
- national
- nationwide
- offshore
- soil
- South Sudan
- state
- state-controlled
- statehood
- stateless
- subject
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