international order

noun

world order.

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Meanings

nouninternational order (plural international orders)

plural international orders

  1. world order.

    Mr Johnson told the BBC the UK and US shared a belief in human rights, the rules-based international order and the transatlantic alliance.

    2021 June 11, Laura Kuenssberg, “G7: UK and US have an 'indestructible relationship', PM says”, in BBC News
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    The Court, as an essential institution of international order and justice, achieves greater stature for having so candid and faithful a Boswell.

    1969, Ernest A. Gross, The American Journal of International Law, volume 62, American Society of International Law, page 541

    … weapons could in fact enhance the balance of power concept, because their awesome power could virtually guarantee the devastation of any state that chose to break the international order, regardless of its military strength.

    1985, Michael Allen Fox and Leo Groarke, editors, Nuclear War: Philosophical Perspectives: An Anthology, P. Lang, →ISBN, page 229

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
world order
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APA

international order. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/international%20order

MLA

“international order.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/international%20order. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “international order,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/international%20order.

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