supernationalism
Americannoun
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an extreme or fanatical loyalty or devotion to a nation.
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advocacy of the establishment of governments composed of more than one nation, each nation agreeing to surrender at least part of its national sovereignty to a superior governmental authority.
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advocacy of the establishment of organizations composed of groups from more than one nation, each of which agrees to surrender at least part of its authority to a superior, centralized authority.
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Etymology
Origin of supernationalism
First recorded in 1915–20; super- + nationalism
Example Sentences
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He ducked the question with a long answer praising "national honor" but rejecting "negative" forms of "supernationalism."
From Time Magazine Archive
Significantly silent has been Japan's most famed Christian, myopic Toyohiko Kagawa, a Presbyterian convert and founder of the Kingdom of God movement, who privately deprecates Japanese supernationalism but avoids public condemnation of it.
From Time Magazine Archive
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