internationalist

[in-ter-nash-uh-nl-ist]

noun

1. an advocate of internationalism.

2. an expert in international law and relations.

3. (initial capital letter),  a member or adherent of a communist or socialist International.

internationalist

/ ˌɪntəˈnæʃənəlɪst /

noun

1. an advocate of internationalism

2. a person versed in international law

3. (capital) a member of an International

Word History and Origins

Origin of internationalist¹

First recorded in 1860–65; international + -ist

Example Sentences

Not that America’s remaining neoconservatives and liberal internationalists are applauding the president’s global focus.

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Progressive internationalists should, however, be wary of conservative notions of sovereignty.

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One built on the zero-sum belief that allies are freeloaders and that the liberal internationalist approach which had dominated since World War II was weak and foolish in a competitive world.

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It is quite another to suggest at an internationalist forum that a G7 ally, Canada, become a state of your nation, eliciting gasps in the audience, and not just from Canadians.

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Scotland rugby internationalist Emma Wassell has told how her "family" of teammates cared for her through tumour surgery months after her mother died.

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