transnational
- adjective
- /trænzˈnæʃənl/
- 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
Relating to two or more countries
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.