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internationalism

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Etymology

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    From international + -ism.

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    internationalism (usually uncountable, plural internationalisms)

    1. (politics) Political, economic and cultural cooperation between nations.
      Coordinate terms: transnationalism (sometimes not differentiated), supranationalism
      • 1995, Time’s Cycle and National Military Strategy:
        Once again the opposite poles of isolationism and Wilsonian internationalism appeared as alternatives that split the liberal and conservative camps
      • 2025 January 23, Ned Temko, “Is the West’s liberal template broken?”, in The Christian Science Monitor[1], archived from the original on 1 February 2025:
        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. (linguistics) A loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology.
    3. (architecture) 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.
      Synonym: International Style

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