supranational

Definitions of Supranational

(adjective) Beyond the scope of one nation’s boundaries or interests.

Example of Supranational

• Climate change is a supranational problem.
  

Supranational Pronunciation

Pronunciation Usage Guide

Syllabification: su·pra·na·tion·al

Audio Pronunciation

International Phonetic Alphabet

• American English – /ˌsuprəˈnæʃ(ə)nəl/
• British English – /ˌsjuːprəˈnaʃn̩(ə)l/

Usage Note

• Sociologists study (noun) supranationality and (noun) supranationalism to examine (adverb) supranationally relevant themes such as (noun) supranationalists and the process of (noun) supranationalization or how culture (verb) supranationalizes.

Additional Information

• Word origin of “supra-national” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
• Kendall, Gavin, Ian Woodward, and Zlatko Skrbiš. 2009. The Sociology of Cosmopolitanism: Globalization, Identity, Culture and Government. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
• Martell, Luke. 2010. The Sociology of Globalization. Malden, MA: Polity Press.
• Nash, Kate. 2010. Contemporary Political Sociology: Globalization, Politics, and Power. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: Blackwell.
• Robertson, Roland, and Kathleen E. White, eds. 2003. Globalization: Critical Concepts in Sociology. London: Routledge.
• Sassen, Saskia. 2007. A Sociology of Globalization. New York: Norton.
• Savage, Michael, Gaynor Bagnall, and Brian Longhurst. 2005. Globalization and Belonging. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Related Terms

• culture
• cultural diffusion
• global perspective
• globalization
• material culture
• nonmaterial culture
• society
• tourism
• world-systems

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Cite the Definition of Supranational

ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “supranational.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved April 20, 2024 (https://sociologydictionary.org/supranational/).

APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)

supranational. (2014). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/supranational/

Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “supranational.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed April 20, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/supranational/.

MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)

“supranational.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2014. Web. 20 Apr. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/supranational/>.