nationless
Lacking a homeland
Nationless describes someone or something without a nation—lacking citizenship, homeland, or national identity.
A nationless person may be stateless, a refugee, or simply unattached to any country: The war left thousands nationless and adrift.
It can also describe things that transcend national boundaries: a nationless corporation, nationless capital flowing across borders.
Without national belonging
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
- undocumentedNot officially recorded
noncitizen · alienage · jurisdiction · birthright · recognition · denizen · unregistered · status
Shifted from proper location
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- asylumShelter from persecution
- asyleeGranted-sanctuary immigrant
- exileBanishment from homeland
deportation · expulsion · banishment · uprooted · dispossessed · deported · evicted · expelled
Without fixed residence
- wandererRootless, roving person
- roamerOne who wanders
- drifterAimless, rootless traveler
- itinerantMoving for work
pastoralist · peripatetic · caravan · migration · vagabond · tribe · pilgrim · voyager
Shunned, rejected person
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
- ostracismBanishment from a group
statelessness · vulnerable · precarious · defenseless · unprotected · powerless · disenfranchised · invisible
stateless
Without national belonging
- citizenshipStatus as state member
- passportGovernment-issued travel credential
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
undocumented · noncitizen · alienage · jurisdiction · birthright · recognition · denizen · unregistered · status · rights
displaced
Shifted from proper location
exile · deportation · expulsion · banishment · uprooted · dispossessed · deported · evicted · expelled · resettlement
nomadic
Without fixed residence
itinerant · pastoralist · peripatetic · caravan · migration · vagabond · tribe · pilgrim · voyager · rootless
outcast
Shunned, rejected person
- pariahRejected, shunned person
- alienatedMade distant or hostile
- marginalizedPushed to society's edges
ostracism · statelessness · vulnerable · precarious · defenseless · unprotected · powerless · disenfranchised · invisible · voiceless
nationlesscitizen
Legal national member
national · naturalized · enfranchised · native · documented
nationlessrooted
Firmly established in place
native · indigenous · territorialized · grounded · settled
nationlesspatriotic
Devoted to homeland
nationalistic · national · rooted · belonging · flag-waving
nation, national, nationalism, international, nationality, nations, multinational, nationalist, nationalize