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

Ferrera earned her bachelor’s degree in international relations in 2013, per USC Today. — Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026

Academic and columnist Tomás Milton Muñoz Bravo, professor of international relations at UNAM, says that this type of response should have come much earlier. — Mauricio Torres, CNN Money, 12 July 2026

Sail 250 has brought foreign militaries to the United States amid a volatile period for the country's international relations. — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 1 July 2026

The year 1772 marked a seismic shift from international order to disorder, much as 2022 now seems to betoken the start of a more unstable and dangerous era of international relations. — David Armitage, Washington Post, 26 June 2026

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