patriality

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/ˌpeɪtɹiˈælɪti/

noun

The right to reside in the United Kingdom, free from the constraints of immigration policy.

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Meanings

nounpatriality (uncountable)
  1. UKuncountableimmigrationThe right to reside in the United Kingdom, free from the constraints of immigration policy.

    In the late 1960s, I observed that it also proved a struggle to craft a non-discriminatory policy of patriality that preserved some traditional rights for those descendants of Britons living in white Commonwealth countries.

    2009, Geoffrey Luck, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 29

Origin

From patrial + -ity.

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Translations

Finnish kotipaikkaoikeus
  • kotipaikkaoikeusright

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

partiality
Cite this entry
APA

patriality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patriality

MLA

“patriality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patriality. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patriality,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patriality.

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