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internationalism

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Political, economic and cultural cooperation between nations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: government, politics

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: International Style

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

quality of being international in scope

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: internationality

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: scope, range, reach, orbit, compass, ambit

5

noun

Meaning 5

the doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: nationalism

Broader terms: doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism

History

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.

Across languages

Translations

84 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: internasionalisme — cooperation between nations
  • Albanian: internacionalizëm — cooperation between nations
  • Arabic: أُمَمِيَّة (ʔumamiyya) — cooperation between nations
  • Aragonese: internacionalismo — cooperation between nations
  • Armenian: ինտերնացիոնալիզմ (internacʻionalizm) — cooperation between nations
  • Asturian: internacionalismu — cooperation between nations
  • Azerbaijani: beynəlmiləlçilik — cooperation between nations
  • Azerbaijani: internasionalizm — cooperation between nations
  • Basque: internazionalismo — cooperation between nations
  • Belarusian: інтэрнацыяналі́зм (internacyjanalízm) — cooperation between nations
  • Bengali: আন্তর্জাতিকতাবাদ (antorjatiktabad) — cooperation between nations
  • Bulgarian: интернационали́зъм (internacionalízǎm) — cooperation between nations
  • Catalan: internacionalisme — cooperation between nations
  • Chinese Mandarin: 國際主義 /国际主义 (guójì zhǔyì) — cooperation between nations
  • Czech: internacionalismus — cooperation between nations
  • Danish: internationalisme — cooperation between nations
  • Dutch: internationalisme — cooperation between nations
  • Esperanto: internaciismo — cooperation between nations
  • Estonian: internatsionalism — cooperation between nations
  • Finnish: kansainvälisyys — cooperation between nations
  • Finnish: internationalismi — cooperation between nations
  • French: internationalisme — cooperation between nations
  • Galician: internacionalismo — cooperation between nations
  • Georgian: ინტერნაციონალიზმი (inṭernacionalizmi) — cooperation between nations
  • German: Internationalismus — cooperation between nations
  • Greek: διεθνισμός (diethnismós) — cooperation between nations
  • Hebrew: אִינְטֶרְנַצְיוֹנָלִיזְם (internatsionalízm) — cooperation between nations
  • Hindi: अंतरराष्ट्रीयतावाद (antarrāṣṭrīytāvād) — cooperation between nations
  • Hindi: अंतरराष्ट्रीयता (antarrāṣṭrīytā) — cooperation between nations
  • Hungarian: internacionalizmus — cooperation between nations
  • Indonesian: internasionalisme — cooperation between nations
  • Interlingua: internationalismo — cooperation between nations
  • Irish: idirnáisiúnachas — cooperation between nations
  • Italian: internazionalismo — cooperation between nations
  • Japanese: 国際主義 (kokusaishugi) — cooperation between nations
  • Japanese: インターナショナリズム (intānashonarizumu) — cooperation between nations
  • Kazakh: интернационализм (internasionalizm) — cooperation between nations
  • Kazakh: интернационалдық (internasionaldyq) — cooperation between nations
  • Kazakh: интернационалшылдық (internasionalşyldyq) — cooperation between nations
  • Korean: 국제주의 (gukjejuui) — cooperation between nations
  • Korean: 인터내셔널리즘 (inteonaesyeoneollijeum) — cooperation between nations
  • Northern Kurdish: enternasyonalîzm — cooperation between nations
  • Kyrgyz: интернационализм (internatsionalizm) — cooperation between nations
  • Latvian: internacionālisms — cooperation between nations
  • Latvian: starptautiskums — cooperation between nations
  • Lithuanian: internacionalizmas — cooperation between nations
  • Macedonian: интернационали́зам (internacionalízam) — cooperation between nations
  • Malay: internasionalisme — cooperation between nations
  • Malay: اينترناسيوناليسمى — cooperation between nations
  • Maltese: internazzjonaliżmu — cooperation between nations
  • Manx: eddyr-ashoonaghys — cooperation between nations
  • Mongolian: интернационализм (internacionalizm) — cooperation between nations
  • Norwegian Bokmål: internasjonalisme — cooperation between nations
  • Occitan: internacionalisme — cooperation between nations
  • Persian: بینالمللگرایی (beyn-olmelal-garâyi) — cooperation between nations
  • Persian: انترناسیونالیسم (enternâsyunâlism) — cooperation between nations
  • Polish: internacjonalizm — cooperation between nations
  • Portuguese: internacionalismo — cooperation between nations
  • Romanian: internaționalism — cooperation between nations
  • Romanian: интернационалисм (internaționalism) — cooperation between nations
  • Russian: интернационали́зм (intɛrnacionalízm) — cooperation between nations
  • Serbo-Croatian: интернационалѝзам — cooperation between nations
  • Serbo-Croatian: internacionalìzam — cooperation between nations
  • Slovak: internacionalizmus — cooperation between nations
  • Slovene: internacionalizem — cooperation between nations
  • Spanish: internacionalismo — cooperation between nations
  • Swedish: internationalism — cooperation between nations
  • Tagalog: internasyonalismo — cooperation between nations
  • Tajik: интернатсионализм (internatsionalizm) — cooperation between nations
  • Turkish: enternasyonalizm — cooperation between nations
  • Turkmen: internasionalizm — cooperation between nations
  • Ukrainian: інтернаціоналі́зм (internacionalízm) — cooperation between nations
  • Uzbek: internatsionalizm — cooperation between nations
  • Uzbek: baynalmilalchilik — cooperation between nations
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa quốc tế — cooperation between nations
  • Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa quốc liên — cooperation between nations
  • Yiddish: אינטערנאַציאָנאַליזם (internatsyonalizm) — cooperation between nations
  • Albanian: ndërkombëtarizëm — linguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
  • Czech: internacionalismus — linguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
  • Finnish: kansainvälinen sana — linguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
  • Finnish: internationalismi — linguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
  • Hungarian: nemzetközi szó — linguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
  • Polish: internacjonalizm — linguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
  • Spanish: internacionalismo — linguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology