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supranational

supranational

2 8.8
About organizations and actions that involve more than one country
  • adjective
  • /ˌsuːprəˈnæʃənl/
translation icon : supranacional
  • Legal authority is transferred to the Union as a whole, but not to supranational organs as such.
  • supranational institutions
  • supranational authority
  • supranational organizations

Despise all supranational organisations who subscribe to absolute nonsense communist ideas.

Examples

  • Global capitalism is organized in a set of increasingly supranational institutions.

    Academic text (2000)

  • Strengthening MERCOSUR may require the delegation of some national power to supranational institutions.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Common markets usually have a supranational authority whose decisions are binding on all member states.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Any grant of authority to a supranational body, however, implies some loss by nations of sovereign choice.

    Academic text (1990)

  • The gains to be derived from a supranational authority most clearly outweigh the costs in environmental issues.

    Academic text (1990)

  • Information technology binds the Earth together, forming the nerve channels of the supranational world.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The EU represents the most invasive and dynamic transfer of national sovereignty to supranational authority over intellectual property matters.

    Academic text (1994)

  • As a result, critics believe supranational institutions infringe on the sovereignty of nation-states.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The WTO, IMF, and World Bank websites illustrate the role of supranational institutions in the globalization process.

    Academic text (2002)

  • Common markets usually have a supranational authority whose decisions are binding on all member states.

Synonyms

supernational
vssupranational
  • Formal
8.8

Relating to rules or actions that affect several countries

focuses on organizations or activities that cross established national boundaries

How International

global
∞ 2.7
supranational
2 8.8
international
∞ 2.1
national
337 2.0
local
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

supranational positive

Morphology

supranational = national (transparent) = supra + nation + al

The prefix 'supra-' means 'above/beyond' and attaches to the clear adjective 'national', yielding the straightforward meaning 'beyond national'.

Etymology

The word supranational begins with supra-, which is like the English 'super' and means 'above', and ends with national, meaning 'nation' or 'country', so it means 'above the nation'. That's why a supranational organization or rule works across many countries and is not limited to one government.