supranationaladj.

1846 W. Whewell Lect. in Systematic Morality vii. 179 And they see that the hope of such results lies, not in any supranational authority, but in a universal international understanding.

1908 Dublin Rev. Oct. 384 One great Supranational body, in which there should be ‘neither Jew nor Greek’.

1941 Burlington Mag. Feb. 38/1 Mediaeval artists shared the common task of glorifying God under the guidance of a supra-national church.

1950 W. S. Churchill in Hansard Commons 27 June 2147 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..the answer is ‘No’.

1973 Observer 12 Aug. (Colour Suppl.) 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..could overrule member Governments.

2002 Foreign Policy Nov. 39/1 Its [sc. Europe's] states are willing to cede power to supranational bodies in ways Americans can hardly imagine.

1901 C. Ferguson Affirmative Intellect v. 91 The historic characteristic of the American spirit is its supra-nationalism, its universality.

1955 A. L. Rowse Expansion of Elizabethan Eng. vii. 241 One sees, as against the supra-nationalism of the Habsburgs.., the nationalist assumption..that the Low Countries should govern themselves.

2010 Internat. Herald Tribune (Nexis) 8 May 13 I don't see the necessary social solidarity in the wider euro zone to provide this kind of fiscal supranationalism.

1900 G. C. Lee Hist. Jurispr. xii. 338 The Church, in the development of this principle of supra-nationality, therefore claimed exemption from secular authority.

1959 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Apr. 187/3 The actual degree of supranationality in these Communities.

2002 T. Nairn Pariah vi. 77 Britain's ‘national interest’ must retain supranational robes—but not necessarily this supranationality.