Third International

American  

noun

1. an international organization (1919–43), founded in Moscow, uniting Communist groups of various countries and advocating the attainment of their ends by violent revolution.

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Third International British  

noun

1. another name for Comintern

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Etymology

Origin of Third International

First recorded in 1919

Example Sentences

Katsuhiko Hayashi, a stem cell biologist at Kyushu University in Japan, presented the new research on March 8 at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the Francis Crick Institute in London.

From Scientific American • Mar. 15, 2023

The sweeping policy arrived 1 week before the opening of this week’s Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London, which featured a session on how China now regulates human genome editing.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 6, 2023

The crystal-draped structure is modeled after Vladimir Tatlin’s 1919 Monument to the Third International but could easily be mistaken for a water feature at a hotel bar.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2017

The tower became a two-story-high version of Tatlin’s monument to the Third International, itself based on the Mosque of Al Mutawakkil in Iraq.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2010

The pageant of the "World Commune," which was performed at the opening of the Third International Congress in Petrograd, was a still more important and significant phenomenon.

From The Practice and Theory of Bolshevism by Russell, Bertrand