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internationalism

noun

  1. movement which advocates a greater economic and political cooperation among nations
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noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- English national English international Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English internationalism From international + -ism.

  1. Political, economic and cultural cooperation between nations.

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

    One day in the not too distant future, we may look back on Donald Trump’s return to power as the death knell of “liberal internationalism.” […] Those holdouts know that their success will depend on a broader understanding of both why liberal internationalism took root and thrived for so long, and why it now appears to be collapsing.

  2. A loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology.
  3. 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.
internationalism — meaning, definition (noun) · Vinony