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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How to use multilateralism in a sentence
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.
This enhanced multilateralism must be based on at least two premises that are hard to discern in U.S. policy today.
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.
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