subnationaladj.

1840 G. H. Whitman Ess. Congr. of Nations p. ii It would seem to have been regarded by ethical and political writers, whose adventurous research may be traced in all other directions, as a sort of subnational, self-explosive labyrinth.

1867 J. R. Snowden Cornplanter Memorial 76 It is the only monument..erected by public authority in the United States, either national, or sub-national, to the memory of an Indian Chief.

1902 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 275 The establishment of sub-national institutions for all these countries would relieve the central Parliament of a great part of its legislative burdens.

1977 Jrnl. Commonw. & Compar. Politics 15 236 In 1968 the 81 successful UNIP candidates included 24 politicians at subnational levels.

1993 Sci. Amer. Aug. 37/2 The plutonium would be inaccessible to subnational groups, and even a determined country would need considerable time and resources to recover it.