supernational

[ soo-per-nash-uh-nl ]

adjective

1. tending to involve, or extending authority over, more than one nation; international; supranational.

supernational

/ ˌsuːpəˈnæʃnəl /

adjective

1. a less common word for supranational

Derived Forms

• ˌsuperˈnationalist, noun
• ˌsuperˈnationally, adverb
• ˌsuperˈnationalism, noun

Other Words From

• super·nation·al·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of supernational¹

First recorded in 1910–15; super- + national

Example Sentences

This, however, does not tend to prove that anything supernational is supernatural.

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It is in the same sense extranational, in the same sense international, and has in the same sense a supernational unity.

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In Das Kunstwerk der Zukunft he showed that beyond the "local nationalism" were signs of a "supernational universalism."

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Supernational, sū-pėr-nash′un-al, adj. transcending the national, and belonging to mankind.

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It is international, and independent in a supernational unity.

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