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