multilateral
[muhl-ti-lat-er-uh l]
- having several or many sides; many-sided.
- participated in by more than two nations, parties, etc.; multipartite: multilateral agreements on disarmament.
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Origin of multilateral
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I wonder if Wolf and Gladstone are willing to describe that as evidence of multilateralism.
It's hard to see the multilateralism in it—nearly as hard as it is to find Europeans on the front lines.
Finally, in foreign policy, he has set the stage for engagement and multilateralism.
He only scratched the surface in his calls for multilateralism and mutual understanding.
multilateral
- of or involving more than two nations or partiesa multilateral pact
- having many sides
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Word Origin and History for multilateralism
n.
1928, from multilateral + -ism.
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multilateral
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multilateralism
[(mul-tee-lat-uhr-uh-liz-uhm)]
Trade or diplomatic negotiations among several nations. (See diplomacy and recognition; compare bilateralism (see also bilateralism) and unilateralism.)
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