transnationalism

[ trans-nash-uh-nl-iz-uhm, -nash-nl-, tranz- ]

noun

1. the policy or practice of engagement with other countries or their people in a way that rejects or goes beyond purely national interests:

   Cooperation between states and the sharing of responsibilities over watercourses is now driving a new transnationalism.

2. the fact of having more than one national identity or ethnic culture as a result of movement between countries:

   Migrant transnationalism creates overlapping memberships between communities that are territorially separated.

3. the use, in the arts, of forms, themes, styles, etc., that combine features of different national or ethnic cultures:

   Through a process that led to the idea of transnationalism in music, Punjabi music in England was made up of elements from both Punjabi folk music and British popular music.

Word History and Origins

Origin of transnationalism¹

transnational ( def ) + -ism ( def )

Example Sentences

“In California, there’s a long history of transnationalism and solidarity with migration” that is lacking in states with recent increases in Latino population that are passing anti-immigrant statutes.

From Los Angeles Times

Now his experimentalism and transnationalism aren’t discouragements but invitations to a larger global audience.

From New York Times

Another flamboyantly risky, formally daring and profoundly relevant book is Srikanth Reddy’s “Underworld Lit,” which explores transnationalism and comparative literatures while ventriloquizing our 21st-century zeitgeist of restlessness and insecurity.

From New York Times

He then began a PhD in human geography at Leeds University, commuting to Yorkshire, but his thesis – Sexuality and Everyday Transnationalism among South Asian gay and bisexual men in Manchester – was rejected in August 2016.

From The Guardian

His thesis was called: “Sexuality and everyday transnationalism. South Asian gay and bisexual men in Manchester.”

From Fox News