supernationalismn.
/ˌsuːpəˈnaʃn̩əlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsuːpəˈnaʃn̩l̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsuːpəˈnaʃənl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsuːpəˈnaʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːpəˈnaʃn̩əlɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːpəˈnaʃn̩l̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːpəˈnaʃənl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsjuːpəˈnaʃ(ə)nəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌsupərˈnæʃənlˌɪz(ə)m/, /ˌsupərˈnæʃnəlˌɪz(ə)m/ 1. Political activity or governance at a level higher than that of the nation state; the advocacy of this; = supranationalism n. at supranational adj. Derivatives.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > supranationalism
supranationalism1901
supernationalism1903
supernationalist1918
1903 J. H. W. Stuckenberg Sociol. II. xxii. 188 The idea of supernationalism thus rises far above the ordinary views of States and the poverty of the existing internationalism.
1919 J. L. Garvin Econ. Found. Peace xxi. 544 Internationalism and super-nationalism are usually confused.
2008 Irish Independent (Nexis) 12 Nov. Controversial Czech President Vaclav Klaus..attacked the EU for making a ‘radical shift’ from integration to supernationalism.
2. Extreme or excessive nationalism; ultranationalism.
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1921 Consensus (National Econ. League) Nov. 16 Their patriotism, their supernationalism, and their temperament make them always think of how to get back what they have lost.
1942 Rotarian Apr. 12/3 No wonder the structure [of the League of Nations] was finally exploded by the dynamite of German, Italian, and Japanese supernationalism.
1980 Encounter May 94/1 It thus seems natural to expect an author such as Fleming..to endow his heroes with patriotism and his villains with a super-nationalism of the nastier kind.
2000 M. Zweig Working Class Majority vi. 142 Pat Buchanan draws support for limiting international trade by appealing to US super-nationalism, and the militarism and racism that go with it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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