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internationality

internationality

1 6.3
A quality of involving people or things from many countries
  • noun
  • /ˌɪntərˈnæʃənˌæləti/
translation icon : internacionalidad
  • The company's internationality is evident in its diverse team and global operations.

Examples

  • The internationality of the conference attracted participants from over twenty countries.

  • In keeping with FP6's broad goals, the EC wants to enhance the internationality of facilities—from libraries to special habitats to the European Space Agency.

    Academic text (2002)

  • I must, however, underscore that this is a situation reverse to that of other Japanese men who, through their Filipina wives, admire and attempt to approach modernity and internationality.

    Academic text (2007)

  • But this country, said Harding, needs "not nostrums but normalcy, . . . not submergence in internationality but sustainment in triumphant nationality."

    Academic text (1992)

  • Many universities strive to improve their internationality by offering programs in multiple languages.

Synonyms

globality
vsinternationality
8.2

Worldwide reach that involves many countries

is about relations across several nations rather than worldwide integration
cosmopolitanity
vsinternationality
9.9

An open attitude to people and ideas from many countries

is about connections across nations rather than a worldly outlook

Antonyms

nationality
31 3.0

The country a person legally belongs to by birth or by becoming a citizen

How International

globality
8.2
internationality
1 6.3

Surface Forms

internationality singular
internationalities plural

Morphology

internationality = international (transparent) = inter + nation + al + ity

Formed by adding the nominalizing suffix '-ity' to the adjective 'international', producing the abstract quality 'state of being international'.

Etymology

Internationality comes from inter- meaning 'between', the familiar word nation meaning 'country', and the ending -ity that makes a 'quality' or 'state'. So, internationality means the quality or state of being between or across many countries, which is why it describes things that involve more than one nation.