Second International

American  

noun

1. an international association formed in 1889 in Paris, uniting socialistic groups or parties of various countries and holding international congresses from time to time: in 1923 it joined with the Vienna International to form the Labor and Socialist International.

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Second International British  

noun

1. an international association of socialist parties and trade unions that began in Paris in 1889 and collapsed during World War I. The right-wing elements reassembled at Berne in 1919 See also Labour and Socialist International

2. another name for the Labour and Socialist International

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Example Sentences

Renno will present the findings at the Second International Orbital Debris Conference Dec. 5 with Yun Zhang, a postdoctoral researcher in climate and space sciences and engineering.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023

“Lumière,” which opened the Second International Festival of Women’s Films in 1976, provocatively scheduled before the New York Film Festival that year, is more matter-of-fact than polemical.

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023

When He presented his work at a session of the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing in Hong Kong, many people raised questions about the informed consent process.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2018

Also, this month at the Second International Research Workshop on Mesoamerican Nephropathy in San Jose, Costa Rica, researchers will share their latest finding about the intriguing disease.

From Scientific American • Nov. 16, 2015

What would Kautsky say to this rank betrayal, Kautsky, the foremost disciple of Marx, Kautsky, the foremost theoretician of the Second International?

From Dictatorship vs. Democracy (Terrorism and Communism) by Trotzky, Leon Davidovich