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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 12, 2025

Mr Varadkar had an internationalist outlook - seeing himself in the same mould as the French President Emmanuel Macron or the Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - a youthful, dynamic, centrist leader.

From BBC Mar. 20, 2024

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

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2023

But he was never the committed internationalist that some old-guard Republicans had wanted or imagined him to be.

From New York Times Mar. 22, 2023

Not once did he stop to reflect that on board this under-water craft might have been some German comrade, some poor, enslaved, unhappy internationalist like himself!

From Jimmie Higgins by Upton Sinclair

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