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alienage

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al·ien·age  (ly-nj, l--)
n.
The official status of an alien. Also called alienism.
alienage
the condition of being an alien.
See also: Foreigners
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Noun1.alienage - the quality of being alien
alienism
foreignness, curiousness, strangeness - the quality of being alien or not native; "the strangeness of a foreigner"
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