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internationalism

internationalism noun: political, economic and cultural cooperation between nations.

Noun

internationalism (usually uncountable, plural internationalisms)

  1. (usually) Political, 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 camps1995, Time’s Cycle and National Military Strategy
    • 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...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
  2. (usually) A loanword that occurs in several languages with the same or similar meaning and etymology.
  3. (usually) A 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.

internationalism meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Tagalog

internationalism in Hindi

cooperation between nations
अंतरराष्ट्रीयतावाद antarrāṣṭrīytāvād, अंतरराष्ट्रीयता antarrāṣṭrīytā

internationalism in Tamil

பன்னாட்டு நட்புணர்வு, ஒத்துழைப்பு, பன்னாட்டியம், அனைத்துலகியம், சர்வதேசியம்

internationalism in Bengali

cooperation between nations
আন্তর্জাতিকতাবাদ antorjatiktabad

internationalism in Tagalog

cooperation between nations
internasyonalismo
More languagesFewer languages
internationalism in Arabic
أُمَمِيَّة ʔumamiyya
internationalism in Malay
internasionalisme
internationalism in Indonesian
internasionalisme
internationalism in Persian
بینالمللگرایی beyn-olmelal-garâyi, انترناسیونالیسم enternâsyunâlism
internationalism in Vietnamese
chủ nghĩa quốc tế, chủ nghĩa quốc liên

Synonyms of internationalism

Antonyms

Forms of internationalism

pluralinternationalisms

Origin of internationalism

From international + -ism.

Words formed from internationalism

Questions about internationalism

What does internationalism mean?
Internationalism means political, economic and cultural cooperation between nations.
What is internationalism in Hindi?
Internationalism in Hindi is अंतरराष्ट्रीयतावाद (antarrāṣṭrīytāvād), अंतरराष्ट्रीयता (antarrāṣṭrīytā). See Internationalism meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is internationalism?
Internationalism is a noun.
What is the plural of internationalism?
The plural of internationalism is internationalisms.

Words near internationalism in the dictionary

  1. internationalisations
  2. internationalise
  3. internationalised
  4. internationalises
  5. internationalising
  6. internationalism
  7. internationalisms
  8. internationalist
  9. internationalistic
  10. internationalists
  11. internationality

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: internationalism (page history and authors); internationalism (Tamil 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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