nationality

nationality
nationality (n.) 1690s, "national quality," from NATIONAL (Cf. national) + -ITY (Cf. -ity) (in some usages perhaps from Fr. nationalité. As "fact of belonging to or being a citizen of a particular state," from 1828, gradually shading into "race, ethnicity." Meaning "separate existence as a nation" is recorded from 1832. Related: Nationalities.
But I do love a country that loves itself. I love a country that insists on its own nationality which is the same thing as a person's insisting on his own personality. [Robert Frost, letter, April 21, 1919]

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