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citizenship

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cit·i·zen·ship  (st-zn-shp)
n.
The status of a citizen with its attendant duties, rights, and privileges.
citizenship [ˈsɪtɪzənˌʃɪp]
n
1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the condition or status of a citizen, with its rights and duties
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a person's conduct as a citizen an award for good citizenship
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.citizenshipcitizenship - the status of a citizen with rights and duties
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
legal status - a status defined by law
2.citizenship - conduct as a citizen; "award for good citizenship"
demeanor, demeanour, deportment, behaviour, conduct, behavior - (behavioral attributes) the way a person behaves toward other people
Translations
citizenship [ˈsɪtɪznʃɪp] N → ciudadanía f
citizenship [ˈsɪtɪzənʃɪp]
n
[country] → citoyenneté f, nationalité f
(= civic values) → civisme m
modif [rights] → civique; [lessons, education, classes] → de civisme
citric acid [ˌsɪtrɪkˈæsɪd] n → acide m citrique
citizenship
n → Staatsbürgerschaft f
citizenship [ˈsɪtɪznˌʃɪp] n → cittadinanza
citizenship [ˈsɪtɪznˌʃɪp] n → cittadinanza
citizenship → الانتماء الوطني občanství statsborgerskab Staatsbürgerschaft υπηκοότητα ciudadanía kansalaisuus citoyenneté državljanstvo cittadinanza 市民権 시민권 burgerschap statsborgerskap obywatelstwo cidadania гражданство medborgarskap ความเป็นพลเมือง vatandaşlık quốc tịch 公民身份


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"No," cried he, becoming more and more eager, "Napoleon is great because he rose superior to the Revolution, suppressed its abuses, preserved all that was good in it- equality of citizenship and freedom of speech and of the press- and only for that reason did he obtain power.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
He is forced to admit that the state is not possible without the co-operation of men whom he will not admit to membership in it, either because they are not capable of sufficient rational appreciation of political ends, like the barbarians whom he thought were natural slaves, or because the leisure necessary for citizenship can only be gained by the work of the artisans who by that very work make themselves incapable of the life which they make possible for others.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
In fact, this scaffold constituted a portion of a penal machine, which now, for two or three generations past, has been merely historical and traditionary among us, but was held, in the old time, to be as effectual an agent, in the promotion of good citizenship, as ever was the guillotine among the terrorists of France.
The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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