statelessness en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English stateless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English statelessness From stateless + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The property of being stateless.
There are populations all over the world at risk of statelessness. For example, some Kurds from Iraq, Iran, Syria and Lebanon might be stateless and children of Syrian refugees at risk of statelessness, because several destination countries do not grant birthright citizenship.
2021 December 15, Geneva Sands, “US promises to define ‘statelessness,’ a first for the federal government”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2022:
Synonyms
countrylessness · nationlessness · citizenshiplessness
Translations (6)
es apatridia (property of being stateless) · cmn 無國籍 /无国籍 (property of being stateless) · yue 無國籍 /无国籍 (property of being stateless) · fr apatridie (property of being stateless) · de Staatenlosigkeit (property of being stateless) · pl bezpaństwowość (property of being stateless)