supranational
adjective
outside or beyond the authority of one national government, as a project or policy that is planned and controlled by a group of nations.
supranationalism
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a word derived from
supranational.
Example Sentences
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The bang came last summer when Hallstein and his vice president for agriculture, Sicco Mansholt, tried to lead De Gaulle into accepting a quantum increase in supranationalism.
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Says Georges Villiers, president of France's National Council of Employers: "Like the Moliere character who spoke prose without knowing it, we are engaging in supranationalism without knowing it."
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There was only one trouble: Fouchet's own boss, Charles de Gaulle, jealously husbanding France's sovereignty, was dead against the whole idea of supranationalism in any form.
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Above all, it has made supranationalism stick; it has independent authority to levy taxes, and the decisions of its nine-man international High Authority are binding on member governments.
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