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supernational

[ soo-per-nash-uh-nl ]

adjective

  1. tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.


supernational

/ ˌsuːpəˈnæʃnəl /

adjective

  1. a less common word for supranational
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌsuperˈnationalist, noun
  • ˌsuperˈnationally, adverb
  • ˌsuperˈnationalism, noun
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Other Words From

  • super·nation·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of supernational1

First recorded in 1910–15; super- + national
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Example Sentences

This, however, does not tend to prove that anything supernational is supernatural.

It is in the same sense extranational, in the same sense international, and has in the same sense a supernational unity.

In Das Kunstwerk der Zukunft he showed that beyond the "local nationalism" were signs of a "supernational universalism."

Supernational, sū-pėr-nash′un-al, adj. transcending the national, and belonging to mankind.

It is international, and independent in a supernational unity.

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