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alienage

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For what it's worth, I agree with how I think you're saying things ought to be, but in practice, we can and do enact discriminatory laws against those of certain alienage all the time, and it's rare that those claims in court enjoy strict scrutiny, which puts the standard of review in those protections up for debate. So while I agree on how things ought to be, that's a far cry from how they actually are which, to sum up, is to say that we routinely discriminate against aliens, illegal and legal alike, especially in matters of employment, all the time.

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the quality of being alien

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noun

the quality of being alien

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for alienage.

noun

the quality of being alien

See also: alienism

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For what it's worth, I agree with how I think you're saying things ought to be, but in practice, we can and do enact discriminatory laws against those of certain alienage all the time, and it's rare that those claims in court enjoy strict scrutiny, which puts the standard of review in those protections up for debate. So while I agree on how things ought to be, that's a far cry from how they actually are which, to sum up, is to say that we routinely discriminate against aliens, illegal and legal alike, especially in matters of employment, all the time.

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How do you use alienage in a sentence?

For what it's worth, I agree with how I think you're saying things ought to be, but in practice, we can and do enact discriminatory laws against those of certain alienage all the time, and it's rare that those claims in court enjoy strict scrutiny, which puts the standard of review in those protections up for debate. So while I agree on how things ought to be, that's a far cry from how they actually are which, to sum up, is to say that we routinely discriminate against aliens, illegal and legal alike, especially in matters of employment, all the time.

What does alienage mean?

the quality of being alien

What part of speech is alienage?

alienage is commonly used as noun.