internationalism
noun
in·ter·na·tion·al·ism
ˌin-tər-ˈna-sh(ə-)nə-ˌli-zəm 
1
: international character, principles, interests, or outlook
2
a
: a policy of cooperation among nations
b
: an attitude or belief favoring such a policy
Examples of internationalism in a Sentence
a proponent of economic internationalism
Recent Examples on the Web
These dynamics have affected Republicans far more than Democrats, thanks to Trump’s capture of the GOP and his delegitimization of its traditional internationalism, as well as right-wing media pressure to take oppositional stances and avoid policy debates.
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Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Traditional conservative internationalism remains the best way to protect U.S. national security and steward the economy.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2023
These globalizing changes produce wealth and internationalism.
—TIME, 18 Mar. 2024
That historic tension between go-it-alone nationalism and broad-coalition internationalism has played out in stark form in the last week.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
The international relations scholar Emma Ashford sees Trump’s moves as part of a longer shift in the orientation of the U.S. foreign policy establishment from the liberal internationalism of the 1990s to a contemporary fixation on great-power rivalry.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
But perhaps the most startling and encouraging evidence of the academy’s growing internationalism could be found in another area of the nominations altogether.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
Just when cooperation seems most needed, many world leaders have been turning away from the internationalism that the U.N. embodies.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023
Aboard the station, there really is an effort to avoid politics as much as possible and promote internationalism, so much so that the program isn’t limited to Russian and American scientists and includes astronauts from many other countries—though not, namely, China.
—Rebecca Heilweil, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2024
Elizabeth N. Saunders, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
Traditional conservative internationalism remains the best way to protect U.S. national security and steward the economy.
—Kori Schake, Foreign Affairs, 4 Dec. 2023
These globalizing changes produce wealth and internationalism.
—TIME, 18 Mar. 2024
That historic tension between go-it-alone nationalism and broad-coalition internationalism has played out in stark form in the last week.
—Peter Baker, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
The international relations scholar Emma Ashford sees Trump’s moves as part of a longer shift in the orientation of the U.S. foreign policy establishment from the liberal internationalism of the 1990s to a contemporary fixation on great-power rivalry.
—Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
But perhaps the most startling and encouraging evidence of the academy’s growing internationalism could be found in another area of the nominations altogether.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2024
Just when cooperation seems most needed, many world leaders have been turning away from the internationalism that the U.N. embodies.
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Sep. 2023
Aboard the station, there really is an effort to avoid politics as much as possible and promote internationalism, so much so that the program isn’t limited to Russian and American scientists and includes astronauts from many other countries—though not, namely, China.
—Rebecca Heilweil, WIRED, 23 Jan. 2024
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internationalism
noun
in·ter·na·tion·al·ism
ˌint-ər-ˈnash-nəl-ˌiz-əm
-ˈnash-ən-ᵊl-
: a policy of cooperation among nations or an attitude favoring such a policy
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