ˌnashəˈnaləd.ē, ˌnaash-, ˌnaish-, -ətē, -i noun
( -es )
Etymology: national (I) + -ity
1.
a. : national quality or character
those peculiar institutions which colored all their nationality — J.T.Graves
b. : the quality of being distinctively national
the question of the value of nationality in art — Edward Hopper b. 1882
2. : nationalism
the anglicizing policy … robbed Irish nationality of a great deal of its native force — Aidan Mulloy
3.
a. : the fact or state of belonging to a nation : the status of being a national ; specifically : a legal relationship between an individual and a nation involving allegiance on the part of the individual and usually protection on the part of the state
until … recently voluntary resignation of nationality was not generally recognized — Edward Jenks
b. : the quality or state of being a national of a particular nation
a local citizenship in addition to their British nationality — News from New Zealand
before a national can acquire the nationality of another state — D.V.Sandifer
4. : the quality or state of being a nation ; specifically : political independence or existence as a separate nation
product of Canada's own evolving nationality — H.W.Baehr
if the nationality of any of the smaller German states were extinguished — Examiner
5.
a. : a usually large and closely associated aggregation of people having a common and distinguishing origin, tradition, and language and potentially capable of or actually being organized in a nation-state
the diverse nationalities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire desired independence
b. : a group of people having a common and distinguishing racial, linguistic, and cultural background and forming one constituent element of a larger group (as a nation) : an ethnic group
in China … some fifty nationalities have been noted — John De Francis
Russia's population consists of some 140 nationalities — Pulaski Foundation Bulletin
6. : national or ethnic background
immigrants … of the same language and nationality seek one another — Edith T. Bremer