Definition of "citizenship" []

• The status of a citizen with its attendant duties, rights, and privileges. (noun)

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• "This essay asks how the political identity and domain of civic practice we refer to by the term citizenship is transformed, eroded, or, perhaps, disappeared in the contexts of neoliberal governance."
• "And maybe this is an error of bias on my behalf, but when I hear the term citizenship, "nation-state" citizenship is the last thing on my mind."
• "CROWLEY: And it is about those who think pathway to citizenship is code for amnesty."