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supraˈnational, a.
[supra- 4 a.]
Having power, authority, or influence that overrides or transcends national boundaries, governments, or institutions.
1908Dublin Rev. Oct. 384 One great Supranational body, in which there should be ‘neither Jew nor Greek’. 1924J. C. W. Reith in Radio Times 29 Feb. 361/2, I like to think that wireless, as with music, is supra-national, a word coined, I believe, by Lord Cecil to indicate that which is above not only nationality, but something more even than international. 1941Burlington Mag. Feb 38/1 Mediaeval artists shared the common task of glorifying God under the guidance of a supra-national church. 1950W. S. Churchill in Hansard Commons 27 June 2147, I would add, to make my answer quite clear to the right hon. and learned Gentleman, that if he asked me, ‘Would you agree to a supranational authority which has the power to tell Great Britain not to cut any more coal or make any more steel, but to grow tomatoes instead?’ I should say, without hesitation, the answer is ‘No’. 1958A. J. Zurcher Struggle to unite Europe 1940–1958 vii. 80 This first European supranational community set up its administrative offices in Luxembourg on August 10, 1952. 1962A. Sampson Anat. of Britain xxvii. 429 The very biggest firms in Britain..belong more to an international, than a national economy. And in the Common Market they are likely to become much more supra-national. 1973Observer (Colour Suppl.) 12 Aug. 19/3 They were ‘intergovernmental’ rather than ‘supranational’—that is to say based on negotiation between sovereign Governments, not on the principle that the institution itself, operating as a unit, could overrule member Governments. 1977M. Walker National Front ii. 25 His [sc. Mosley's] book The Alternative, which advocated a European nationalism, a new supra-national state of Europe.
Hence supraˈnationalism, ˌsupranatioˈnality.
1921Glasgow Herald 14 Oct. 10 It was only a developed sense of supra-nationalism that would in the future make war unthinkable. 1930Tablet 16 Aug. 206/2 The Popes held out..against every threat..which aimed at lowering the supra-nationality of the Papacy. 1955A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan England vii. 241 One sees, as against the supra-nationalism of the Habsburgs.., the nationalist assumption..that the Low Countries should govern themselves. 1959Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Apr. 187/3 The actual degree of supranationality in these Communities. 1971Mod. Law Rev. XXXI. vi. 607 It is clear that with the elements of supranationality are commingled features of a more typical international organisation. 1980Times Lit. Suppl. 10 Oct. 1134/1 Supranationalism has lost what appeal it had in the 1950s. |
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