international relations

noun

plural in form but singular in construction

: a branch of political science concerned with relations between nations and primarily with foreign policies

Examples of international relations in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Natariana Kilonzo, an international relations lecturer at the University of Nairobi, points to the voluntary nature of the recruitment contracts being signed by young Africans. —Vivianne Wandera, semafor.com, 3 Dec. 2025

Nelson believes this decline may be the result of increasingly extreme weather conditions combined with increasingly extreme domestic politics and international relations. —Joan Meiners, AZCentral.com, 1 Dec. 2025

Thinkers transported the terms deter and deterrent to the field of international relations after the First World War. —Big Think, 27 Nov. 2025

Advertisement Every day, workers use computer science in industries ranging from financial services, international relations, art, to healthcare. —Tarika Barrett, Time, 13 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for international relations

• abbreviations
• abominations
• accelerations
• accommodations
• accumulations
• adjudications
• administrations
• adulterations
• affiliations
• agglomerations
• alienations
• amalgamations