citizenship

The right to belong to a country and follow its laws.

Word Structure

i = him, will; ə = about, suppose; S = ship, sure

11 Letters

4 Syllables: cit•i•zen•ship

2 Morphemes: citizen•ship

10 Phonemes

Vowels: i, i, ə, i

Sentence Examples

The U.S. has birthright citizenship.

Voting is an act of citizenship.

Immigrants may seek citizenship.

Semantic Relatives

Birthright

Nationality

Naturalization

Textbook

Part of Read American Democracy by Attainment