CITIZENSHIP


Meaning of CITIZENSHIP in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

dual citizenship/nationality

She has dual nationality , of Canada and Britain she is a citizen of Canada and Britain .

United States Citizenship and Immigration Services

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

active

Participatory democracy does need to be strengthened to promote active citizenship at local and national levels.

In the schools we are observing such a transition to active citizenship is facilitated in a number of ways.

Public institutions need to be democratised and decentralisation is necessary in the public domain in order to achieve active citizenship .

Almost inadvertently, through such activity, structures emerged which promoted active citizenship through community education and development initiatives.

Many feel political participation must be made worthwhile before active citizenship can occur.

This centre will examine the non-economic benefits of learning such as social cohesion, active citizenship and improved health.

General will should ensure the equality and liberty necessary for active citizenship -; taking collective decisions.

Political disobedience is sanctioned as a possible expression of active citizenship on which a self-managing democracy is based.

dual

Mr Kohl himself has floated the idea of offering dual citizenship on a trial basis.

Some of the athletes in this international potpourri, like Kaila, McGuirk and Thomson, hold dual citizenship .

However, dual citizenship would not be allowed.

Why, Fox is so diverse that he even has dual citizenship -- neither of them in the United States.

full

Accompanying the exclusion from the labour market has been a policy of disenfranchising the underclass from full welfare citizenship .

Better-fed and better-educated children had grown into young adults who could move confidently into full citizenship .

Nor will this underclass disappear without the implementation of a series of policies aimed at re-establishing full citizenship .

good

She said that this pioneering reference library was good for democracy and good for citizenship .

Boxing is a means toward good citizenship , of fair play, of self-reliance.

What do teachers think makes good citizenship education?

Work Ethics Schools need to emphasize and demand basic work ethics and good citizenship from students.

It is the very foundation of good citizenship .

These are also the characteristics of good citizenship , and they should be emphasized in the teaching of all subjects.

No zealous advocate of good citizenship would argue that political participation ought to be pursued to the neglect of all other obligations.

political

As we have seen, the civil and political elements of citizenship have been eroded in recent years.

Avoiding the poll tax will be costly in terms of universal political citizenship .

social

As Desmond King has argued, ultimately ideological and institutional support are the best protectors of social citizenship rights.

■ NOUN

law

Nor has it dealt with the question of a new citizenship law , though the Solingen atrocity has revived debate about this.

The Social Democrats once said that a new citizenship law should accompany any restriction of the right to asylum.

Under Western pressure the language and citizenship laws have been liberalized.

■ VERB

acquire

Present immigrants would stay and gradually acquire citizenship once fully integrated.

apply

Ironically, it was the fear of congressional action against noncitizens that had finally motivated him to apply for citizenship .

He told his Intourist guide, a young woman named Rimma, that he wanted to apply for Soviet citizenship .

The welfare cutoff is prompting record numbers of people to apply for citizenship .

A.. After five years of residency, an individual may apply for citizenship for a $ 95 fee.

deny

Indeed, many Czech Roma were denied citizenship of the new republic under the 1993 Citizenship Law.

give

Sometimes he talked of marrying Gina in the sixties to give her citizenship .

I will give him citizenship if he asks.

The case dragged through the federal bureaucracy for seven years, before she finally gave up her citizenship voluntarily in 1971.

grant

The existing law stated that only those who had been granted citizenship would be enfranchised.

strip

Their leader, Thorez, had deserted from the army and been stripped of his citizenship in 1939.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

After five years in the US, foreign nationals can apply for full US citizenship .

I believe Scout groups help teach good citizenship .

Krebs was granted French citizenship in 1992.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Active citizenship , in the form of participatory democracy, is only possible in small communities where there is no organisational complexity.

Anything less would be second-class citizenship in the world of intercollegiate sports.

I will give him citizenship if he asks.

Many bureaucrats have not been welcoming, illegally charging for forms that the newcomers have to complete to obtain citizenship .

The child must learn how to learn, for learning is the defining pre-requisite of modern citizenship .

The electronic republic, therefore, has already started to redefine the traditional roles of citizenship and political leadership.

Women were granted the vote and given equal citizenship for the first time in the 1950 Constitution.

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