Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

statelessness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.95 in modern English

Syllables: state-less-ness
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The property of being stateless.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Etymology tree English stateless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English statelessness From stateless + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Synonyms

citizenshiplessness countrylessness nationlessness

Questions

What does statelessness mean?: The property of being stateless.
Where does statelessness come from?: Etymology tree English stateless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English statelessness From stateless + -ness.

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