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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The phenomenon, or the analytical view, that people's activities and cultures transcend national boundaries and, in at least some ways albeit not others, national sovereignty. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   Support for culture or business that crosses national boundaries. countable, uncountable

Antonyms

All antonyms

nationalismnativismregionalismtribalism

Etymology

From transnational + -ism.

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