Antonyms for citizenship


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sit-uh-zuh n-ship, -suh n-
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪt ə zənˌʃɪp, -sən-


Definition of citizenship

Origin :
  • "status, rights, privileges, and responsibilities of a citizen," 1610s, from citizen + -ship.
  • As in nationality : noun place of birth
  • As in freedom : noun political independence
Example sentences :
  • After all, what vast privileges do you lose with your citizenship.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • Constitutionally, they turned upon the obligations of citizenship.
  • Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams
  • Yet he is not possessed of the civil rights which citizenship should carry with it.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • When this spirit of citizenship is missing, no government program can replace it.
  • Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
  • You are fighting to overcome this great monopoly of citizenship.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Citizenship is a condition or status and has no relation to age or sex.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • Shall we throw away that citizenship, or shall we maintain and strengthen that Empire?
  • Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
  • She would have to recover her American citizenship—she and the child.
  • Extract from : « Marriage la mode » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Of what "citizenship" implied they had, of course, no idea at all.
  • Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
  • Both had been robbed alike of the same privileges of citizenship.
  • Extract from : « History of the English People, Volume VI (of 8) » by John Richard Green

Synonyms for citizenship

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