postnational

English

Etymology

From post- +‎ national.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌpəʊstˈnaʃənəl/

Adjective

postnational (comparative more postnational, superlative most postnational)

  1. Pertaining to a time or mindset in which the identity of a nation is no longer important.
    • 2009 September 20, Elsa Dixler, “Paperback Row”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      The book is “a landmark in what’s possible for the novel” in “our increasingly, and terrifyingly, postnational world,” our reviewer, Jonathan Lethem, said.
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