multinationalism
/ˌmʌltɪˈnaʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪz(ə)m/ /ˌmʌltɪˈnaʃn(ə)lɪz(ə)m/noun
1The presence, involvement, or partnership of many countries or nationalities. rare.
2 South African. An apartheid policy which regarded the population of South Africa as a number of distinct ‘nations’ which should eventually be geographically and politically separated from each other. Compare separate development. Now historical.
3 Business. The practice or policy of operating in several or many countries.
Origin
1940s. From multinational + -ism. Compare earlier internationalism, nationalism, transnationalism.
- Mapharside
- Maphilindo
- maple
- maple beer
- maple bush
- maple butter
- maple candy
- maple cream
- mapled
- Maple Grove
- maple honey
- maple key
- maple leaf
- maple-leaved
- maple molasses
- maple sap
- maple sirup disease
- maple-siruping
- maple sirup urine disease
- mapless
- maple sugar
- maple sugaring
- maple sugar urine disease
- maple syrup
- maple syrup disease