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Meanings
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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.
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The party adopted an internationalist foreign policy centered on cross-border cooperation.
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Thesaurus
Synonyms
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adj
· supporting or influenced by...
internationalisticmultilateralglobalist
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noun
· historically, a member or...
international socialist
Opposites
isolationistultranationalistunilateralist
Word family
Forms
internationalists
Derived forms
internationalisticinternationalistically
Etymology
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.