statelessness

/ˈsteɪtləsnəs/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈsteɪtləsnəs/ (ame, ipa)

statelessness — noun

1. the situation in which a person has no legal connection as a citizen to any coun

1.名詞B2
釋義

the situation in which a person has no legal connection as a citizen to any country, so they have no passport and cannot vote, work, or use public services in any nation

例句

The United Nations estimates that millions of people around the world live in a state of statelessness.

collocation: a state of statelessness

Rohingya refugees from Myanmar often face statelessness because the government does not recognise them as legal citizens.

collocation: face statelessness

同義詞
反義詞
  • citizenship

    the opposite condition of having full legal membership in a country

  • nationality

    the legal bond between a person and a state that stateless people lack

文法句型

a state of statelessness

face statelessness

end statelessness

用法筆記

Uncountable noun — use with the article 'a' only in the fixed phrase 'a state of statelessness'. Otherwise avoid 'a/an'. Frequently appears in legal and humanitarian writing about refugees, displaced populations, and nationality rights.

常見錯誤

❌Many people suffer from statelessnesses around the world.
✅Many people suffer from statelessness around the world.
💡Statelessness has no plural form; it is an uncountable noun.
❌He is in statelessness.
✅He lives in a state of statelessness.
💡The condition is usually described with the phrase 'a state of' rather than used bare after a preposition.