Meanings
comparative more internationalist · superlative most internationalist
- Of or pertaining to internationalism.
The apparatus is essentially ideological and internationalist in character and could not be replaced by the police, the army, or any other institution.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 90
plural internationalists
- An advocate of internationalism.
- A proponent of proletarian internationalism.
I'm sure Hitler has more than a few enemies even in Germany. Germany too has its internationalists and its revolutionary workers.
2019, Vasily Grossman, translated by Robert Chandler and Yury Bit-Yunan, Stalingrad, page 551 more example
A thorough-going internationalist, Marshall was a leading Boston organizer for the Peoples Anti-War Mobilization march of 100,000 at the Pentagon in 1981.
1988 February 14, Frank Neisser, Jane Kaatz, “Black Gay Socialist Activist Marshall Yates (obituary)”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 30, page 16 - ScotlandA player representing their country in a team sport.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveinfluenced by or advocating internationalism
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech internacionalista, internacionalistka
- internacionalistaadvocate of internationalism
- internacionalistkaadvocate of internationalism
French internationaliste, internationaliste
- internationalisteabout internationalism
- internationalisteadvocate of internationalism
German internationalistisch, Internationalist
- internationalistischabout internationalism
- Internationalistadvocate of internationalism
- Internationalistinadvocate of internationalism
Irish idirnáisiúnaí
- idirnáisiúnaíadvocate of internationalism
Latvian internacionālistisks, internacionālists
- internacionālistisksabout internationalism
- internacionālistsadvocate of internationalism
- internacionālisteadvocate of internationalism
Russian интернационали́стский, интернационали́стический
- интернационали́стский (intɛrnacionalístskij)about internationalism
- интернационали́стический (intɛrnacionalístičeskij)about internationalism
- интернационали́ст (intɛrnacionalíst)advocate of internationalism
- интернационали́стка (intɛrnacionalístka)advocate of internationalism
Spanish internacionalista, internacionalista
- internacionalistaabout internationalism
- internacionalistaadvocate of internationalism
Cite this entry
internationalist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internationalist
“internationalist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internationalist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “internationalist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/internationalist.
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