internationalist

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who supports cooperation and solidarity among nations rather than narrow national self-interest

   She remained an internationalist who favored treaties and strong multilateral institutions.

2. 2
   adj

   supporting or influenced by internationalism

   The party adopted an internationalist foreign policy centered on cross-border cooperation.

3. 3
   noun

   historically, a member or supporter of a socialist or communist International

   The internationalist attended congresses that organized workers across national borders.

Formed in the nineteenth century from international + -ist, the suffix for an adherent or practitioner. International combines inter-, 'between,' with national and was introduced in its modern political sense by Jeremy Bentham. The adjective developed from the noun.

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