Third International

American  

noun

1. an international organization (1919–43), founded in Moscow, uniting Communist groups of various countries and advocating the attainment of their ends by violent revolution.

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Third International British  

noun

1. another name for Comintern

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Etymology

Origin of Third International

First recorded in 1919

Example Sentences

Katsuhiko Hayashi, a stem cell biologist at Kyushu University in Japan, presented the new research on March 8 at the Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the Francis Crick Institute in London.

From Scientific American • Mar. 15, 2023

The sweeping policy arrived 1 week before the opening of this week’s Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing in London, which featured a session on how China now regulates human genome editing.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 6, 2023

The crystal-draped structure is modeled after Vladimir Tatlin’s 1919 Monument to the Third International but could easily be mistaken for a water feature at a hotel bar.

From Slate • Nov. 22, 2017

The tower became a two-story-high version of Tatlin’s monument to the Third International, itself based on the Mosque of Al Mutawakkil in Iraq.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2010

His nationalism had approached their programs of national liberation, but the precise verbal formulation had not been adopted until he came in contact with the Marxian dialecticians of the Third International.

From The Political Doctrines of Sun Yat-sen: An Exposition of the San Min Chu I by Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony