supernationalityn.
/ˌsuːpəˌnaʃəˈnalᵻti/, /ˌsjuːpəˌnaʃəˈnalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌsupərˌnæʃ(ə)ˈnælədi/ The state or condition of transcending or going beyond (normal) national boundaries or limits, or of belonging to an enlarged, multinational state.
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1872 C. A. Bartol Radical Probl. x. 257 It is God himself, who is love, moving in his children's hearts. It is an Internationality, or super-nationality, all whose members rejoice or mourn together.
1916 E. G. A. Holmes Nemesis of Docility i. 16 The nations cling tenaciously to their respective nationalities, as against the supernationality of Germany.
1945 A. Mendel & N. Broder tr. A. Einstein Mozart vi. 103 This accounts..for his supernationality: his strange position in musical history as neither an ‘Italian’ nor a ‘German’ composer..but as just Mozart, who stands far above all national boundaries and limitations.
2010 Scotsman (Nexis) 6 July 36 Although we joined wholeheartedly in the British Empire, we never shared the illusion of super-nationality.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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