supernational
[soo-per-nash-uh-nl]
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adjective
tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.
Origin of supernational
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It is international, and independent in a supernational unity.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12)Robert G. Ingersoll
Diplomats are the legal representatives of nations—only there is no supernational court before which they can state their case.
The World in ChainsJohn Mavrogordato
The Chinese commonwealth of the past was supernational; it seemed to the Chinese like unified civilized humanity.
Government in Republican ChinaPaul Myron Anthony Linebarger
It is in the same sense extranational, in the same sense international, and has in the same sense a supernational unity.
The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12)Robert G. Ingersoll
In Das Kunstwerk der Zukunft he showed that beyond the "local nationalism" were signs of a "supernational universalism."
Musicians of To-DayRomain Rolland
supernational
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