postnational

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From post- +‎ national.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

postnational (comparative more postnational, superlative most postnational)

  1. Pertaining to a time or mindset in which the identity of a nation is no longer important.
    • 2009 September 20, Elsa Dixler, “Paperback Row”, in New York Times[1]:
      The+book+is+“a+landmark+in+what’s+possible+for+the+novel”+in+“our+increasingly,+and+terrifyingly,+postnational+world,”+our+reviewer,+Jonathan+Lethem+,+said.