supranational
adjective
su·pra·na·tion·al
| \ ˌsü-prə-ˈnash-nəl
, -ˈna-shə-nᵊl, -ˌprä-\
, -ˈna-shə-nᵊl, -ˌprä-\
Definition of supranational
: transcending national boundaries, authority, or interests
a supranational authority, regulating ocean usage— N. H. Jacoby
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Other Words from supranational
supranationalism
\ ˌsü-prə-ˈnash-nə-ˌli-zəm
, -ˈna-shə-nə-ˌli- , -ˌprä- \
noun
, -ˈna-shə-nə-ˌli- , -ˌprä- \
noun
supranationalist
\ ˌsü-prə-ˈnash-nə-list
, -ˌprä- \
noun
, -ˌprä- \
noun
supranationality
\ ˌsü-prə-ˌna-shə-ˈna-lə-tē
, -ˌprä- \
noun
, -ˌprä- \
noun
Examples of supranational in a Sentence
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By his account, the European Union has become an overreaching, supranational political colossus. — Washington Post, "Meet the 0.25 percent of Brits who will pick the next prime minister," 17 July 2019 Further goosing fears of the supranational state, Johnson wrote about the coming of compulsory European identification cards. — Washington Post, "Boris Johnson, Britain’s likely next prime minister, is a hack — a journalist who has reached the pinnacle of power," 21 July 2019 That’s a matter for national and supranational regulators to consider, especially because budget airlines are among Europe’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. — Leonid Bershidsky, chicagotribune.com, "Europe braces for another summer of overtourism," 1 July 2019 Prime Minister May’s resignation came one day after the European Parliament election took place in Britain, and as voting and vote counting was taking place throughout the member nations of Europe’s supranational economic organization. — Arthur I. Cyr, Lake County News-Sun, "Cyr: British politics reflect change — and stability," 14 June 2019 By pooling these industries, indispensable for modern warfare, into a single market under a supranational authority, the founding fathers of European integration sought to make another war among Germany, France and Italy impossible. — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, "Is Europe Ready to Defend Itself?," 4 Jan. 2019 The myth took hold and, in 2016, overshadowed any serious discussion of the E.U.’s role as a long-term peacekeeper and facilitator of supranational cooperation. — Jonathan Coe, Time, "How Brexit Broke Britain and Revealed a Country at War With Itself," 6 June 2019 The chasm between the EU’s determination to protect its supranational system with the U.K.’s demand for a bespoke intergovernmental arrangement looks increasingly impossible to bridge. — Simon Nixon, WSJ, "Britain Tells Two Brexit Stories That Add Up to One Big Problem," 8 Aug. 2018 There is a determined movement to undermine this traditional system in favor of a supranational authority. — David B. Rivkin Jr. And Lee A. Casey, WSJ, "Saudi Probe Is Not a Job For the U.N.," 23 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'supranational.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for supranational
supranational
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of supranational
formal
: involving more than one country
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