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alienage

/eyl-yuh-nij, ey-lee-uh-/US // ˈeɪl yə nɪdʒ, ˈeɪ li ə- //

异化,异地恋,异形,异国情调

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Law.

    • : the state of being an alien.
    • : the legal status of an alien: birthright citizenship for all children born inside the territory, without regard for the alienage of their parents.

Examples

  • Such declaration of alienage creates ipso facto the loss of nationality.

  • The sky, the crater, the black shadows etched against the blacker night bespoke the alienage of the universe.

  • The laws of alienage cannot apply to an artificial person, because it can have no country.

  • To make alien subscribers capable of holding lands; and so far, is against the laws of Alienage.

  • You are ready enough to inflict on the Irish Roman Catholic all the evils of alienage.