second-class citizenship
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsecond classandcitizenship
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second-class
adjective
uk/ˌsek.ənd ˈklɑːs/us/ˌsek.ənd ˈklæs/
less important than ...
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citizenship
noun[U]
uk/ˈsɪt.ɪ.zən.ʃɪp/us/ˈsɪt̬.ə.zən.ʃɪp/
the state of being a member of a particular country and having rights because ...
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(Definition ofsecond-classandcitizenshipfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Men had plenty of "people-to-people" interaction with women while condemning them tosecond-classcitizenship.
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Malloy argues that the term national minority implies the notion of perpetualsecond-classcitizenshipfor the minority group.
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In other words, there is citizenship at two levels—firstclass andsecond-classcitizenship—and we want to get rid of it.
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This is an inevitability, because we have the identification of social squalor andsecond-classcitizenshipwith colour.
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After all, we do not want to imply that what is on offer is some kind ofsecond-classcitizenship.
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What have those people done to deservesecond-classcitizenshipstatus?
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That is what we are referring to assecond-classcitizenship.
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There is no attempt to persecute them or relegate them tosecond-classcitizenshipin any way.
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I should not regard that assecond-classcitizenshipat all.
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It is attempting to put an end tosecond-classcitizenship.
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Please do not confine millions like me to asecond-classcitizenshipsimply because of our appearance and by ignoring our contribution.
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There is no question ofsecond-classcitizenshiphere.
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None of these countries has ever suggested any doctrine ofsecond-classcitizenship.
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We have to be careful that in industry we do not develop, on the basis of race and colour, asecond-classcitizenship.
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We will not acceptsecond-classcitizenship.
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Let us havesecond-classcitizenship.
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It is not asecond-classcitizenship.
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The purpose of such documents in other countries, times and places has been to regulate and control those who were considered to be of inferior orsecond-classcitizenshipstatus.
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That is what we are worried about—that they are taking over responsibility for citizenship without being able to give anything other than what we consider to besecond-classcitizenship.
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