one-worlder
Americannoun
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a person who supports or believes in any of various movements to establish a world government or a federation of nations stronger than any individual nation, for the purpose of promoting the common good.
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a person who believes in the possibility of peaceful cooperation among nations.
Etymology
Origin of one-worlder
1945–50; one world + -er 1
Example Sentences
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Hemmer begins in the 1950s with publications like National Review and radio shows like "The Manion Forum," whose host promised, "Every speaker over our network has been 100 percent right-wing. … No left-winger, no international socialist, no one-worlder, no communist will ever be heard."
From Salon
One need not be a one-worlder to recognize that national competition to explore nearby objects—and, even more so, to exploit space resources—fails to furnish a sustainable basis for rational exploration.
From Scientific American
To a passionate one-worlder, the sight of nationalism in action is dreary at best.
From Time Magazine Archive
Both Alford and Faubus would campaign against Fulbright by calling him a one-worlder who has traveled altogether too far from the pea patch.
From Time Magazine Archive
He accuses Kefauver of being "leftish," and a one-worlder.
From Time Magazine Archive
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