Meanings
plural internationalisms
- uncountableusuallygovernmentPolitical, economic and cultural cooperation between nations.
Once again the opposite poles of isolationism and Wilsonian internationalism appeared as alternatives that split the liberal and conservative camps
1995, Time’s Cycle and National Military Strategy1 more example
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.
2025 January 23, Ned Temko, “Is the West’s liberal template broken?”, in The Christian Science Monitor, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2025 - uncountableusuallyarchitectureA 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.
Synonyms: International Style
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
- Proto-Italic*n̥ter
- Latininter
- Latininter-
- Englishinter-
- Englishnational
- Englishinternational
- Englishinternationalism
From international + -ism.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans internasionalisme
- internasionalismecooperation between nations
Arabic أُمَمِيَّة
- أُمَمِيَّة (ʔumamiyya)cooperation between nations
Basque internazionalismo
- internazionalismocooperation between nations
Bengali আন্তর্জাতিকতাবাদ
- আন্তর্জাতিকতাবাদ (antorjatiktabad)cooperation between nations
Bulgarian интернационали́зъм
- интернационали́зъм (internacionalízăm)cooperation between nations
Catalan internacionalisme
- internacionalismecooperation between nations
Chinese Mandarin 國際主義 /国际主义
- 國際主義 /国际主义 (guójì zhǔyì)cooperation between nations
Czech internacionalismus, internacionalismus
- internacionalismuscooperation between nations
- internacionalismuslinguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
Danish internationalisme
- internationalismecooperation between nations
Dutch internationalisme
- internationalismecooperation between nations
Esperanto internaciismo
- internaciismocooperation between nations
Estonian internatsionalism
- internatsionalismcooperation between nations
Finnish kansainvälisyys, internationalismi
- kansainvälisyyscooperation between nations
- internationalismicooperation between nations
- kansainvälinen sanalinguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
- internationalismilinguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
French internationalisme
- internationalismecooperation between nations
German Internationalismus
- Internationalismuscooperation between nations
Greek διεθνισμός, διεθνισμός
- διεθνισμός (diethnismós)cooperation between nations
- διεθνισμός (diethnismós)linguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
Hebrew אִינְטֶרְנַצְיוֹנָלִיזְם
- אִינְטֶרְנַצְיוֹנָלִיזְם (internatsionalízm)cooperation between nations
Hindi अंतरराष्ट्रीयतावाद, अंतरराष्ट्रीयता
- अंतरराष्ट्रीयतावाद (antarrāṣṭrīytāvād)cooperation between nations
- अंतरराष्ट्रीयता (antarrāṣṭrīytā)cooperation between nations
Hungarian internacionalizmus, nemzetközi szó
- internacionalizmuscooperation between nations
- nemzetközi szólinguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
Indonesian internasionalisme
- internasionalismecooperation between nations
Irish idirnáisiúnachas
- idirnáisiúnachascooperation between nations
Italian internazionalismo
- internazionalismocooperation between nations
Japanese 国際主義, インターナショナリズム
- 国際主義 (kokusaishugi)cooperation between nations
- インターナショナリズム (intānashonarizumu)cooperation between nations
Korean 국제주의, 인터내셔널리즘
- 국제주의 (gukjejuui)cooperation between nations
- 인터내셔널리즘 (inteonaesyeoneollijeum)cooperation between nations
Latvian internacionālisms, starptautiskums
- internacionālismscooperation between nations
- starptautiskumscooperation between nations
Lithuanian internacionalizmas
- internacionalizmascooperation between nations
Malay internasionalisme, اينترناسيوناليسمى
- internasionalismecooperation between nations
- اينترناسيوناليسمىcooperation between nations
Norwegian Bokmål internasjonalisme
- internasjonalismecooperation between nations
Persian بینالمللگرایی, انترناسیونالیسم
- بینالمللگرایی (beyn-olmelal-garâyi)cooperation between nations
- انترناسیونالیسم (enternâsyunâlism)cooperation between nations
Polish internacjonalizm, internacjonalizm
- internacjonalizmcooperation between nations
- internacjonalizmlinguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
Portuguese internacionalismo
- internacionalismocooperation between nations
Romanian internaționalism, интернационалисм
- internaționalismcooperation between nations
- интернационалисм (internaționalism)cooperation between nations
Russian интернационали́зм
- интернационали́зм (intɛrnacionalízm)cooperation between nations
Slovak internacionalizmus
- internacionalizmuscooperation between nations
Spanish internacionalismo, internacionalismo
- internacionalismocooperation between nations
- internacionalismolinguistics: a loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology
Swedish internationalism
- internationalismcooperation between nations
Tagalog internasyonalismo
- internasyonalismocooperation between nations
Turkish enternasyonalizm
- enternasyonalizmcooperation between nations
Ukrainian інтернаціоналі́зм
- інтернаціоналі́зм (internacionalízm)cooperation between nations
Vietnamese chủ nghĩa quốc tế, chủ nghĩa quốc liên
- chủ nghĩa quốc tếcooperation between nations
- chủ nghĩa quốc liêncooperation between nations
Yiddish אינטערנאַציאָנאַליזם
- אינטערנאַציאָנאַליזם (internatsyonalizm)cooperation between nations
Cite this entry
internationalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internationalism
“internationalism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internationalism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “internationalism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internationalism.
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