nationalityn.[Cf. F. nationalit.]1. The quality of being national, or strongly attached to one's own nation; patriotism.()2. The sum of the qualities which distinguish a nation; national character.()3. A race or people, as determined by common language and character, and not by political bias or divisions; a nation.()The fulfillment of his mission is to be looked for in the condition of nationalities and the character of peoples. (H. W. Beecher.)4. Existence as a distinct or individual nation; national unity and integrity.()5. The state or quality of belonging to or being connected with a nation or government by nativity, character, ownership, allegiance, etc.; as, to record one's nationality on identification papers; the Soviet Union had citizens of many nationalities.()