postnational

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UK/ˌpəʊstˈnaʃənəl/

adjective

Pertaining to a time or mindset in which the identity of a nation is no longer important.

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Meanings

adjectivepostnational (comparative more postnational, superlative most postnational)

comparative more postnational · superlative most postnational

  1. Pertaining to a time or mindset in which the identity of a nation is no longer important.

    The book is “a landmark in what’s possible for the novel” in “our increasingly, and terrifyingly, postnational world,” our reviewer, Jonathan Lethem, said.

    2009 September 20, Elsa Dixler, “Paperback Row”, in New York Times

Origin

From post- + national.

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Cite this entry
APA

postnational. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postnational

MLA

“postnational.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postnational. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postnational,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postnational.

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