alienage
Non-citizen legal standing
Alienage is the legal status of being an alien—that is, a foreign national residing in a country where they are not a citizen.
The term appears primarily in legal and immigration contexts, where alienage may affect rights, benefits, and obligations.
Courts sometimes consider whether laws discriminate based on alienage.
The statute's restrictions based on alienage were challenged as unconstitutional.
Status as state member
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- residencyState of dwelling somewhere
green card · deportation · asylum · refugee · work permit · entry permit · border control · customs
Relegation to powerless periphery
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- isolationComplete separation from others
- disconnectionState of being severed
separation · detachment · rejection · displacement · disenfranchisement · property restrictions
Quality of being unfamiliar
- strangenessQuality of being peculiar
- unfamiliarityLack of prior knowledge
- outsiderOne excluded from group
- differenceWay things contrast
peculiarity · exoticism · otherworldliness · foreigners · differentness
Leaving homeland permanently
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- migrantOne who relocates
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
- border crossingTransit between sovereign territories
migration · relocation · resettlement · diaspora · expat · newcomer · arrival · country of origin
citizenship
Status as state member
- naturalizationLegal path to belonging
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
residency · green card · deportation · asylum · refugee · work permit · entry permit · border control · customs · consulate
marginalization
Relegation to powerless periphery
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- estrangementEmotional separation between people
- isolationComplete separation from others
disconnection · separation · detachment · rejection · displacement · disenfranchisement · property restrictions
foreignness
Quality of being unfamiliar
- strangenessQuality of being peculiar
- unfamiliarityLack of prior knowledge
- outsiderOne excluded from group
difference · peculiarity · exoticism · otherworldliness · foreigners · differentness
emigration
Leaving homeland permanently
- expatriateOne living abroad permanently
- migrantOne who relocates
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
border crossing · migration · relocation · resettlement · diaspora · expat · newcomer · arrival · country of origin · host country
alienagecitizenship
Status as state member
nationality · naturalization · denizenship · legal residency · enfranchisement
alienagenativity
State of being born
belonging · rootedness · inclusion · membership · home
- parental alienationManipulating child against other parent
- social alienationDisconnection from society, self
- cultural alienationDisconnection from one's heritage
alienation, inalienable, alienable, unalienable, alienator, alienators