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statelessness

statelessness noun: the property of being stateless.

Noun

statelessness (uncountable)

  1. 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 of statelessness

Origin of statelessness

From stateless + -ness.

Questions about statelessness

What does statelessness mean?
Statelessness means the property of being stateless.
What part of speech is statelessness?
Statelessness is a noun.

Words near statelessness in the dictionary

  1. stateisms
  2. stateless
  3. stateless capitalism
  4. stateless person
  5. statelessly
  6. statelessness
  7. statelet
  8. statelets
  9. statelier
  10. stateliest
  11. statelike

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