Internationalism

noun

noun ·7 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Political, economic and cultural cooperation between nations. uncountable, usually

    "Once again the opposite poles of isolationism and Wilsonian internationalism appeared as alternatives that split the liberal and conservative camps"

  2. 2
    quality of being international in scope wordnet
  3. 3
    A loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology. uncountable, usually
  4. 4
    the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences wordnet
  5. 5
    A major architectural style that was developed in the 1920s and 1930s and was closely related to modernism, characterized by lightweight industrial materials, lack of ornamentation, and flat surfaces. uncountable, usually

Synonyms

All synonyms
internationalityappeasementbalance of powerbrinkmanshipcatholicitycoexistence

Example

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"They represent their reactionary cosmopolitanism as "internationalism", and they try to cover up their fight against peace and democracy with pacifist and pseudo-democratic phrases."

Etymology

From international + -ism.

Related phrases

anti-internationalismcounter-internationalismproletarian internationalism

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