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nationless

nationless

1 7.0
Not tied to one country and working across many countries
  • adjective
  • /ˈneɪʃənləs/
translation icon : transnacional
  • Many believe that in a nationless society, individual rights and freedoms would take precedence over nationality.

Examples

  • In a nationless world, people would connect beyond borders and embrace a shared humanity.

  • National pride is required today in the effort to create a cruelty-free and nationless world, and eventually we will need to take pride in the effort of our nation to evolve itself out of existence.

    Academic text (1998)

  • Zarathustra becomes a conscious opponent of all that is accepted, valued, and held dear by an increasingly homogeneous, cosmopolitan, nationless species he categorizes as last men.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The artist's vision transcended borders, creating a nationless identity that united cultures.

Synonyms

stateless
vsnationless
4 7.4

A person not recognized as a citizen by any country

focuses on being outside single-nation definition rather than lacking legal citizenship
nonnational
vsnationless
6.3

Not connected to one nation, often involving people from different countries

is about international or transnational scope rather than mere non-affiliation
postnational
vsnationless
  • Jargon
9.2

Relating to ideas or systems beyond national borders

is a general lack of single-nation limits not only a historical era
supernational
vsnationless
  • Formal
8.8

Relating to rules or actions that affect several countries

is about being international or transnational in scope rather than creating higher authority

Antonyms

national
337 2.0

About a person's country of origin or citizenship

Surface Forms

nationless positive

Morphology

nationless = nation (transparent) = nation + less

The sense is a direct extension of 'without a single nation' using the productive suffix '-less'; the international/transnational nuance is inferable.

Etymology

Nationless comes from nation ('people from the same country') plus -less ('without'). Think of something that has no single country around it, like an organization or system that crosses borders, which is why it can mean 'not limited by any single nation' or 'international'.