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nouncitizenshiplessness (uncountable)
- rareuncountableLack of citizenship.
Rather than insist on a “universalist conception,” Bosniak seeks to buffer against “citizenshiplessness” by arguing for the need to disaggregate aspects of citizenship so as to identify mechanisms of subordination and to provide specific protection for those without citizenship.
2009, Seyla Benhabib, Migrations and Mobilities: Citizenship, Borders, and Gender, page 19
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citizenshiplessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citizenshiplessness
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“citizenshiplessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citizenshiplessness. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “citizenshiplessness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/citizenshiplessness.
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