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/ɪntərnˈæʃənəlˌɪzəm/ /ɪnərnˈæʃənəlˌɪzəm/ Listen

Internationalism

noun

The doctrine that nations should cooperate because their common interests are more important than their differences.

Quality of being international in scope. Synonym: internationality.

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"Internationalism" Quotes from Famous Books

... seemed to have been his great idea when the war began that it was going to lead to the most marvellous patriotism all through Russia. It seemed to begin like that, and do you know, Durward, as he talked I saw that patriotism was at the bottom of everything, that you could talk about Internationalism until you were blue in the face, and that it only began to mean anything when you'd learnt first what nationality was—that you couldn't really love all mankind until you'd first learnt to love one or two people close to you. And that you couldn't ...

— The Secret City • Hugh Walpole

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