one-worlder

[ wuhn-wurl-der ]

noun

1. a person who supports or believes in any of various movements to establish a world government or a federation of nations stronger than any individual nation, for the purpose of promoting the common good.
2. a person who believes in the possibility of peaceful cooperation among nations.

Word History and Origins

Origin of one-worlder¹

1945–50; one world + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Hemmer begins in the 1950s with publications like National Review and radio shows like "The Manion Forum," whose host promised, "Every speaker over our network has been 100 percent right-wing. … No left-winger, no international socialist, no one-worlder, no communist will ever be heard."

From Salon

One need not be a one-worlder to recognize that national competition to explore nearby objects—and, even more so, to exploit space resources—fails to furnish a sustainable basis for rational exploration.

From Scientific American

To a passionate one-worlder, the sight of nationalism in action is dreary at best.

From Time Magazine Archive

Both Alford and Faubus would campaign against Fulbright by calling him a one-worlder who has traveled altogether too far from the pea patch.

From Time Magazine Archive

He accuses Kefauver of being "leftish," and a one-worlder.

From Time Magazine Archive