International

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For other uses, see International (disambiguation).
International mostly means something (a company, language, or organization) involving
more than a single country. The term international as a word means involvement of,
interaction between or encompassing more than one nation, or generally beyond national
boundaries. For example, international law, which is applied by more than one country and
usually everywhere on Earth, and international language which is a language spoken by
residents of more than one country.

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 1Origin of the word

 2Meaning in particular fields
 3See also
 4References
 5External links
 6Sources

Origin of the word[edit]

The term international was coined by the utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham in
his Introduction to Principles of Morals and Legislation, which was printed for publication in
1780 and published in 1789. Bentham wrote: "The word international, it must be
acknowledged, is a new one; though, it is hoped, sufficiently analogous and intelligible. It is
calculated to express, in a more significant way, the branch of law which goes commonly
under the name of the law of nations.[1] The word was adopted in French in 1801.[2] Thomas
Erskine Holland noted in his article on Bentham in the 11th edition of the Encyclopædia
Britannica that "Many of Bentham's phrases, such as 'international,' 'utilitarian,'
'codification,' are valuable additions to our language; but the majority of them, especially
those of Greek derivation, have taken no root in it."

Meaning in particular fields[edit]

 In team sports, "international" is a match between
two national teams, or two players capped by a national
team.
 In politics, "The International" may refer to a political
international.
 In law, "international" may refer to several disciplines
of International law like public international
law, international criminal law etc.
 In linguistics, an international language is one spoken by
the people of more than one nation, usually by many. Also
called world
language. English, Spanish, French and Arabic are
considered to be world languages.[3]
 In interlinguistics, international often has to do with
languages rather than nations themselves. An
"international word" is one that occurs in more than one
language. These words are collected from widely spoken
source or control languages, and often used to establish
language systems that people can use to communicate
 internationally, and sometimes for other purposes such as
to learn other languages more quickly. The vocabulary
of Interlingua has a particularly wide range, because
the control languages of Interlingua were selected to give
its words and affixes their maximum geographic scope.[4] In
part, the language Ido is also a product of interlinguistic
research.
 In arts, an international art movement is an art movement
with artists from more than one country, usually by many.
Some international art movements are Letterist
International, Situationist International, Stuckism
International.
"International" is also sometimes used as a synonym for "global".

See also[edit]
 Globalization
 International community
 International relations
 Multilateralism
 Multinational corporation
 Multinational state
 Supranational
 Transnational (disambiguation)
 United Nations
 World community

References[edit]
1. Jump up^ Oxford English Dictionary.
2. Jump up^ Le Nouveau Petit Robert 2010.
3. Jump up^ Language Map
4. Jump up^ Gode, Alexander, Interlingua: A Grammar of the
International Language. New York: Frederick Ungar, 1951.

External links[edit]
Look up international in
Wiktionary, the free
dictionary.

 Meaning of international on The Free Dictionary

 Meaning of international on Cambridge dictionary
 Meaning of international on Oxford dictionary.

Sources[edit]
 Ankerl, Guy (2000). Global communication without
universal civilization. INU societal research. Vol.1:
Coexisting contemporary civilizations : Arabo-Muslim,
 Bharati, Chinese, and Western. Geneva: INU
Press. ISBN 2-88155-004-5.
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