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Write the differences between Nation and Nationality .
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Nationality has a formal or legal meaning, citizenship of a state (in the international, not the US, sense).whereas Nation can also be used as a substitute for “country” or “state” (again, not in the US sense). It is not, however, as well defined as nationality in the formal sense, in so far as a nation may not necessarily coincide with a legal sovereign state
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Each has a spectrum of meanings that partly overlap and partly diverge.
Nationality has a formal or legal meaning, citizenship of a state (in the international, not the US, sense). Citizen of Canada, nationality Canadian; citizen of France, nationality French.
It is sometimes used more loosely to refer to a persons “ethnicity” or cultural identity, although quite what that means is itself open to debate. But, for instance, a UK citizen (born or naturalised) might identify as French or Indian or Jamaican because that is where their forebears came from. Many US citizens identify as <nationality>-American (Irish-, Italian-, German-, and so on), although the last member of their family that was legally <nationality> arrived in 1848.
Nation has a similar nuance to that second sense of nationality, but refers to an ethnic identity as a group rather than as an attribute. Perhaps the commonest use in this sense is referring to North American aboriginal peoples as “First Nations” (in Canada, whereas I believe in the USA the more usual term is “Native Americans”). It is also possible to refer to the Scottish, Welsh or English “nation”, although this is rare and has contentious overtones.
Nation can also be used as a substitute for “country” or “state” (again, not in the US sense). It is not, however, as well defined as nationality in the formal sense, in so far as a nation may not necessarily coincide with a legal sovereign state. Some sovereign states consist almost exclusively of a single ethnic group (often called “nation-states”); examples include Japan and Hungary.
Many states now and in the past explicitly encompass multiple “nations”, such as the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Others are in reality multi-ethnic, but are presented as a unified nation by some dominant or majority community. Modern examples of this situation abound, but are politically very contentious so I will refrain from listing them.
Nationality has a formal or legal meaning, citizenship of a state (in the international, not the US, sense). Citizen of Canada, nationality Canadian; citizen of France, nationality French.
It is sometimes used more loosely to refer to a persons “ethnicity” or cultural identity, although quite what that means is itself open to debate. But, for instance, a UK citizen (born or naturalised) might identify as French or Indian or Jamaican because that is where their forebears came from. Many US citizens identify as <nationality>-American (Irish-, Italian-, German-, and so on), although the last member of their family that was legally <nationality> arrived in 1848.
Nation has a similar nuance to that second sense of nationality, but refers to an ethnic identity as a group rather than as an attribute. Perhaps the commonest use in this sense is referring to North American aboriginal peoples as “First Nations” (in Canada, whereas I believe in the USA the more usual term is “Native Americans”). It is also possible to refer to the Scottish, Welsh or English “nation”, although this is rare and has contentious overtones.
Nation can also be used as a substitute for “country” or “state” (again, not in the US sense). It is not, however, as well defined as nationality in the formal sense, in so far as a nation may not necessarily coincide with a legal sovereign state. Some sovereign states consist almost exclusively of a single ethnic group (often called “nation-states”); examples include Japan and Hungary.
Many states now and in the past explicitly encompass multiple “nations”, such as the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Others are in reality multi-ethnic, but are presented as a unified nation by some dominant or majority community. Modern examples of this situation abound, but are politically very contentious so I will refrain from listing them.
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