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transnationalism

transnationalism

1 7.6
Connections and activities people or groups keep across different countries
  • noun
  • /trænzˈnæʃənəlɪzəm/
translation icon : transnacionalismo
  • The rise of technology has facilitated transnationalism by making communication across borders easier.
  • transnationalism and globalization
  • Migrant-led transnationalism
  • transnationalism offers transmigrants

Examples

  • As a scholar of contemporary Native American art, I have become increasingly interested in issues of transnationalism.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So call for feminists to more substantively attend to transnationalism and globalization in their scholarship.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The literature on transnationalism dates back as early as the 1950s.

    Academic text (1999)
  • At other times, however, transnationalism leads to a kind of dual disenfranchisement.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Last but not least, transnationalism is also reshaping the forces and conditions of contemporary migration.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Russians and Ukrainians are the focus of this analysis of heterolocalism and transnationalism for several key reasons.

    Academic text (2006)
  • The connection between place of primary residence and nationalism vs. transnationalism is a fraught one.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Theoretically, the comparison across time allows us to explore further current theoretical debates about assimilation and transnationalism.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Scholars are slowly recognizing religion's role in transnationalism (Levitt 1998; McAlister 1998).

    Academic text (1999)
  • Similarly, Kearney focused on migrant-led transnationalism while Guarnizo and Sandoval's work emphasizes state-led initiatives.

    Academic text (2002)

How International

globalism
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transnationalism
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Surface Forms

Morphology

transnationalism = transnational (transparent) = trans + nation + al + ism

Formed by adding the productive nominalizing suffix '-ism' to 'transnational', which itself transparently means 'across nations'.

Etymology

Transnationalism is made of three parts: trans- meaning 'across' (as in transport), national meaning 'nation' or country, and -ism meaning 'a way of doing'. So, transnationalism means keeping ties, activities, or relationships 'across' different countries, which is why we use it for people or groups that act beyond one nation.