Plural for a group forming part of one's identity or character, ethnically, culturally, or nationally
“He feels himself bound to his ethnic nationality and to the culture with which he is associated by ties much closer than that of former times.”
Plural for the right or status of belonging to a particular nation
“As for actual Russian policies, the author's argument centers on the transfer of Nicholas I's official nationality to Greece.”
(rare) Plural for nationalism or patriotism
“You are, to be sure, wonderfully free from that nationality, but so it happens, that you employ the only Scotch shoe-black in London.”
(dated) Plural for political existence, independence or unity as a national entity
“I think, therefore, that in repeating to you that it is the desire and duty of the country to preserve its nationality, I am faithfully expressing the opinions of the Guatemalans.”
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