Meanings
- not comparableOf a section of territory: not subject to the laws of the local country.
2 more examples
Panikkar’s study was primarily aimed at providing a survey of Western imperialism in Asia from CE 1498 to 1945. Christian missions came into the picture simply because he found them arrayed always and everywhere alongside Western gunboats, diplomatic pressures, extraterritorial rights and plain gangsterism.
1998, Sita Ram Goel, Niyogi Committee Report on Christian Missionary ActivitiesShepard: Do you know anything about Spectres? Avina: The term Spectre is derived from the branch of Special Tactics and Reconnaissance. Each Sepctre agent is hand-picked by the Council. Avina: Their primary role is preserving galactic stability and resolving volatile situations that cannot be handled through normal political channels. Avina: In this role, they are granted extraterritorial rights and jurisdictions. Spectres answer to no law or authority except the Council itself.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Presidium Tourism Terminal I
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
- Proto-Italic*eksteros
- Latinexter
- Latinextrā
- Englishextra-
- Englishterritorial
- Englishextraterritorial
From extra- + territorial.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
extraterritorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraterritorial
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “extraterritorial,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/extraterritorial.
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