transnational
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- adjective
- /trænzˈnæʃənl/
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transnacional
- The transnational organization worked to facilitate dialogue between communities from different nations.
- transnational corporations
- transnational actors
- transnational movement
The current issue is whether you could have transnational exchange of kidneys.
- The current issue is whether you could have transnational exchange of kidneys.
- And a transnational religion doesn't have influence within this geography.
- The second is the ascendancy of transnational problems and problems that have global dimensions to them.
- The, you know, transnational corporations eventually become meta national corporations, much more powerful than many countries start running the show.
- And I was like, oh, hell, yeah, I'm going to this thing because I was doing transnational threats as well as counterterrorism went in there.
- When we look at particular statues, right, Hera Zeus more transnational in the sense of applying to many different city states.
Examples
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Since the 1990s, sexual trafficking has become increasingly transnational in character (Erez, Ibarra, & McDonald, 2004).
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International counterterrorism cooperation, critical to fighting a transnational enemy, was also often lacking.
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As has been often noted, it is the largest transnational institution in the world.
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Transnational corporations are not really transnational, for almost all are based in the West.
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As money and goods flow through transnational communities, so do cultural influences and even politics.
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Under this definition, the oldest and most important transnational actor is the German business community.
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Also problematic is the effect of transnational information flows on the stability of national communities.
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The German Catholic and Protestant churches are also major transnational actors in Latin America.
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China's Belt and Road Initiative is the largest transnational infrastructure program ever undertaken by a single country.
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The nation-state remains the dominant unit of governance, while transnational corporations dominate an increasingly borderless economy.
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Synonyms
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Relating to two or more countries
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Used to describe companies or groups that operate in several countries
Happening between two or more countries
How International
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Transnational comes from the parts trans- meaning 'across' and national meaning 'nation' or 'country'. So something described as transnational works 'across nations' — for example, a company or problem that exists in several countries at once.