extraterritoriality
UK/ˌɛk.stɹəˌtɛ.ɹɪˌtɔː.ɹɪˈæl.ɪ.ti/US/ˌɛk.stɹəˌtɛ.ɹɪˌtɔ.ɹiˈæl.ɪ.ti/
extraterritoriality noun: immunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation.
Noun
extraterritoriality (usually uncountable, plural extraterritorialities)
- Immunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation.
- Although both home country and host country extraterritoriality involve the extension of national law over foreign corporations, the two differ sharply in the nature of application.1993, Phillip I. Blumberg, The Multinational Challenge to Corporation Law: The Search for a New Corporate Personality, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 187
- A territory or space that is under the power of a certain area but not defined by its norms.
extraterritoriality meaning in Bengali, Indonesian and Thai
extraterritoriality in Bengali
- বহির্দেশীয় অধিকার, অঞ্চলবহির্ভূত মর্যাদা
extraterritoriality in Indonesian
- immunity from the local laws of a certain area
- ekstrateritorialitas
extraterritoriality in Thai
- immunity from the local laws of a certain area
- สิทธิสภาพนอกอาณาเขต
Synonyms of extraterritoriality
Forms of extraterritoriality
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Origin of extraterritoriality
From extraterritorial + -ity.
Words that rhyme with extraterritoriality
- modality
- plurality
- locality
- personality
- reality
- fatality
- morality
- bestiality
- potentiality
- sexuality
- duality
- formality
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- instrumentality
- irrationality
- tonality
- asexuality
- banality
- brutality
- centrality
- externality
- generality
- hospitality
- normality
- totality
- causality
- confidentiality
- conventionality
- cordiality
- dimensionality
- eventuality
- fantasticality
- homosexuality
- immorality
- legality
- lethality
- mentality
- notionality
- sensuality
- surreality
- temporality
- androsexuality
- chirality
- congeniality
- dentality
- diapersexuality
- finality
- fursonality
- geniality
- grammaticality
- graysexuality
- gynesexuality
- gynosexuality
- institutionality
- joviality
- magnality
- mysticality
- omnipotentiality
- speciality
- sphericality
- topicality
Questions about extraterritoriality
- What does extraterritoriality mean?
- Extraterritoriality means immunity from the local laws of a certain area, especially due to diplomatic negotiation.
- What is extraterritoriality in Bengali?
- Extraterritoriality in Bengali is বহির্দেশীয় অধিকার, অঞ্চলবহির্ভূত মর্যাদা. See Extraterritoriality meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is extraterritoriality?
- Extraterritoriality is a noun.
- How do you pronounce extraterritoriality?
- Extraterritoriality is pronounced /ˌɛk.stɹəˌtɛ.ɹɪˌtɔː.ɹɪˈæl.ɪ.ti/ (UK).
- What is the plural of extraterritoriality?
- The plural of extraterritoriality is extraterritorialities.
Words near extraterritoriality in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: extraterritoriality (page history and authors); extraterritoriality (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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