international English · revision 3622

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1780 (Bentham)}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˌɪn.təˈnæʃ.ᵊn.ᵊl/, US /ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈnæʃ.ᵊn.ᵊl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It was coined by Jeremy Bentham in 1780,^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Klein 1966) [[af|en|inter-|national]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Between nations: 1780, in the phrase ''international jurisprudence'' in Bentham's ''Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation''.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Bentham admitted in a footnote that the word was new, and meant it to replace ''law of nations'', a name that he thought sounded as if it referred to a nation's internal law.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) ''Internationally'' is recorded from 1821.^(Etymonline) As a noun with a capital, ''the International'' is short for the International Working Men's Association, founded in London in 1864;^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) Merriam-Webster dates the noun to 1870.^(MW Collegiate) The socialist hymn ''The Internationale'' (1871) takes its name from the feminine of French ''international'', itself from English.^(Etymonline) The ''International Date Line'' is named from 1882.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1780 – coined by Bentham.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1821 – ''internationally''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1864 – the International Working Men's Association.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1870 – noun.^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1871 – ''The Internationale''.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1882 – ''International Date Line''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of, relating to or involving two or more [[nation|alt=nations]].^(AHD)^(SOED 2002)

+ # Extending across or beyond national boundaries.^(AHD)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(capitalized)'' Any of several [[socialist]] organizations of international scope founded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.^(AHD)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[internationality]]

+ * [[internationally]]

+ * [[internationalise]]

+ * [[internationalize]]

+ * [[internationalism]]

+ * [[Interpol]]

+ * [[noninternational]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[national]]

+ * [[nation]]

+ * [[inter-]]

+ * [[Internationale]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}