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intranational

intranational

7.4
Happening inside one country, not between countries
  • adjective
  • /ˌɪntrəˈnæʃənl/
translation icon : intranacional
  • Their music, which is not so much international as intranational, defies easy identification.

Examples

  • Therefore, investors watch closely for the possible international and intranational cooperation or conflict that provides invaluable information about the business environment in a particular host country for an investor from a particular home country.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Like the USA and unlike China, there are no restrictions in India on intranational travel and settlement, so there is no question of it being "illegal"—but the usual concerns about migrants from one state taking away the jobs of people from another state are regularly voiced in state-level elections, although, of course, not much can be done about it legally.

    Blog text (1)
  • Politically, it seems to me that the bigger issue in India is intranational migration.

    Blog text (1)
  • For many years, I have lived there, and I now know that that place in the intranational ether, where so many end up, has a name.

    Academic text (2014)
  • When patrons bought work from AAA, they received not only a view of the regions but also a visual statement about intranational connectedness.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The geographical patterns of traumatic event experiences and of PTSD were consistent with the best available information about the path of the intranational conflict that Nimba County experienced in 1989-1990.

    Academic text (2010)
  • It is an ambiguous intranational space where the friends joyfully prepare multinational food together, play soccer in the street, joke with shop owners, dance in the park, and finally sit down to a long table in the garden laden with food.

    Academic text (2014)
  • Johansen's work is an appellation and an invitation to all enajenaos: anyone who does not feel at home in just one culture, but is comfortable in his playful and ambiguously intranational world we might call "the Nada."

    Academic text (2014)
  • It created an incompatibility of goals and interests between the two superpowers—the Soviet Union and the United States—and their spheres of influence, leading to tensions and conflicts at both the international and intranational levels.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The festival celebrates intranational culture by showcasing local artists and traditions.

Synonyms

internal
vsintranational
440 3.4

Happening inside a country, organization, or group, not involving outsiders

is limited to happening inside a single nation

Surface Forms

intranational positive

Morphology

intranational = national (transparent) = intra + nation + al

Formed by prefixation of 'intra-' to 'national', giving the straightforward meaning 'within a nation'.

Etymology

Intranational joins the prefix intra-, meaning 'within', and national, meaning 'nation', so it describes something that happens inside a single country. It's like international but with 'within' instead of 'between'.