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internationalist

American  
[in-ter-nash-uh-nl-ist] / ˌɪn tərˈnæʃ ə nl ɪst /

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 British  
/ ˌɪntəˈnæʃənəlɪst /

noun

  1. an advocate of internationalism

  2. a person versed in international law

  3. (capital) a member of an International

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of internationalist

First recorded in 1860–65; international + -ist

Example Sentences

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TR was conservative and progressive, internationalist and nationalist, conservationist and hunter.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

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.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2025

Haass was referring to the more internationalist policies of President George H.W.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2023

Mr. Biden has worked with a set of strongly pro-American, internationalist leaders in Europe’s major capitals.

From New York Times Sep. 26, 2022

His vigorous denunciation of Utopian cosmopolitanism prevents his being considered an internationalist.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony

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