Meanings
- uncountableThe 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 2022Synonyms: citizenshiplessness, countrylessness, nationlessness
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe property of being stateless.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 無國籍 /无国籍
- 無國籍 /无国籍 (mou⁴ gwok³ zik⁶)property of being stateless
Chinese Mandarin 無國籍 /无国籍
- 無國籍 /无国籍 (wú guójí)property of being stateless
French apatridie
- apatridieproperty of being stateless
German Staatenlosigkeit
- Staatenlosigkeitproperty of being stateless
Polish bezpaństwowość
- bezpaństwowośćproperty of being stateless
Spanish apatridia
- apatridiaproperty of being stateless
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Cite this entry
statelessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statelessness
“statelessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statelessness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “statelessness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/statelessness.
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