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foreignership

foreignership noun: the condition of being a foreigner.

Noun

foreignership (uncountable)

  1. The condition of being a foreigner.
    • What brings immigrants together is foreignership. The way they have been met by the host society makes you feel the same experience, so you feel like a group.2017, Alpesh Maisuria, Class Consciousness and Education in Sweden

Origin of foreignership

From foreigner + -ship.

Questions about foreignership

What does foreignership mean?
Foreignership means the condition of being a foreigner.
What part of speech is foreignership?
Foreignership is a noun.

Words near foreignership in the dictionary

  1. foreign-born
  2. foreign-borns
  3. foreigneering
  4. foreigner
  5. foreigners
  6. foreignership
  7. foreignise
  8. foreignising
  9. foreignism
  10. foreignisms
  11. foreignist

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