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Multilingual Demographic Dictionary, second unified edition, English volume

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Go to: Introduction to Demopædia | Instructions on use | Downloads
Chapters: Preface | 1. General concepts | 2. The treatment and processing of population statistics | 3. Distribution and classification of the population | 4. Mortality and morbidity | 5. Nuptiality | 6. Fertility | 7. Population growth and replacement | 8. Spatial mobility | 9. Economic and social aspects of demography
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Index: Global Index | Index of chapter 1 | Index of chapter 2 | Index of chapter 3 | Index of chapter 4 | Index of chapter 5 | Index of chapter 6 | Index of chapter 7 | Index of chapter 8 | Index of chapter 9


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Inhabitants of a nation or state may be subjects 1 citizens 1 or nationals 1 of that state, who enjoy certain political rights, or they may be aliens 2 or foreigners 2 who are citizens of another state, or citizens of no state at all and called stateless 3. The term “subject” used to have a servile connotation but has tended to lose it and is frequently taken as a synonym of citizen, though occasionally a distinction is made between a subject and a citizen. Citizens of a state generally possess the nationality 4 of that state. This term is nowadays used as a synonym for citizenship 4, but in some multi-national states 6 a distinction may be drawn between political nationality 4 and ethnic nationality 5.

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Aliens may acquire the nationality of their country of residence by naturalization 1 and become naturalized citizens 2 of naturalized persons 2. In some countries certificates of naturalization 3 may be revoked 4 and naturalized persons will then suffer loss of nationality 5. Persons may occasionally have more than one nationality, and will then be said to possess dual nationality 6. A distinction is sometimes drawn between resident aliens 7, who habitually live in a country other than their own, and alien visitors 8 or visiting aliens 8, who are there only for relatively short periods.

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Individuals born in the territory in which they live are called natives 1 of that territory. If their ancestors were among the original inhabitants of that territory, they are called autochthonous 2, indigenous 2 or aboriginal 2 inhabitants; the last term is often reserved for primitive peoples. Statistics frequently distinguish between native- 3 and foreign-born 4 individuals.

  • 2. Aboriginal, adj. - aborigines, n., pl.

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The term race 1 is generally taken to mean a group of persons with certain common physical characteristics which are hereditarily transmitted. In some census practice, the term is sometimes used more loosely, sometimes for a group of people bound together by a common culture or national origin, or even for people inhabiting a given territory. Another term which is sometimes used is ethnic group 2 and here again there is no uniformity in meaning. Ethnic group generally refers to a group of people with common culture, language, or religious traditions. An ethnic group may be a racial group. A people 3 (cf. 305-2) is generally a collection of persons who are linked by a common past or a common culture. Persons living is a given territory who exhibit notable difference from the majority of the population are called minorities 4, e.g., ethnic minorities 4, national minorities 4, linguistic minorities 4, or religious minorities 4.

  • 1. Race, n. - racial, adj.
  • 1. Racism, n.: theory that certain races are inherently superior to others; racist, adj.
  • 2. Tribe, and tribal group, still used in certain contexts, tend to be replaced by "ethnic group".

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Individuals are sometimes distinguished by their color 1, which is used loosely to refer to the apparent pigmentation of the skin. In some countries a distinction is drawn between white persons 2 and colored persons 3 sometimes called non-whites 3. Mating between persons of different colors is sometimes referred to as miscegenation 4. A person who is the issue of such a union is said to be of mixed blood 5 or mixed parentage 5.

  • 4. Crossing is sometimes used in that sense. It also refers to the change in racial self-identification of an individual between one date and another.
  • 5. The issue of a white and a negro is called mulatto. In Spanish America the issue of a person of European extraction and an American Indian is called a mestizo. The issue of a person of European extraction and an Asian is sometimes referred to as an eurasian.

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Go to: Introduction to Demopædia | Instructions on use | Downloads
Chapters: Preface | 1. General concepts | 2. The treatment and processing of population statistics | 3. Distribution and classification of the population | 4. Mortality and morbidity | 5. Nuptiality | 6. Fertility | 7. Population growth and replacement | 8. Spatial mobility | 9. Economic and social aspects of demography
Pages: 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 60 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 80 | 81 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93
Index: Global Index | Index of chapter 1 | Index of chapter 2 | Index of chapter 3 | Index of chapter 4 | Index of chapter 5 | Index of chapter 6 | Index of chapter 7 | Index of chapter 8 | Index of chapter 9