INTERNATIONALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does internationalism mean? 

• INTERNATIONALISM (noun)
  The noun INTERNATIONALISM has 2 senses:

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

2. quality of being international in scope

  Familiarity information: INTERNATIONALISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INTERNATIONALISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("internationalism" is a kind of...):

doctrine; ism; philosophical system; philosophy; school of thought (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)

Antonym:

nationalism (the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other)

nationalism (the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals)

Derivation:

internationalist (an advocate of internationalism)

internationalistic (influenced by or advocating internationalism)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Quality of being international in scope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

internationalism; internationality

Context example:

he applauded the internationality of scientific terminology

Hypernyms ("internationalism" is a kind of...):

ambit; compass; orbit; range; reach; scope (an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:)

Derivation:

internationalistic (influenced by or advocating internationalism)