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national

adj
/ˈnaʃ.ə.nəl/UK/ˈnæʃ.ə.nəl/US/ˈnæʃᵊ.nəl/

Etymology

From Middle French national, corresponding to nation + -al.

  1. derived from national

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole

    Pertaining to a nation or country, especially as a whole; affecting, shared by, or existing throughout all of a nation.

    • a national assembly · on the front page of every national newspaper
    • Import tariffs were raised for the national interest.

  2. Belonging to or characteristic of a specific nation or country, as opposed to others.

    • this is their national dish · our national tendency to laugh at the French

  3. Nationalistic

    Nationalistic; patriotic.

    • ‘Come, come, don't deny it: they are really national. Why, now, the Adams are as liberal-minded men as any in the world: but, I don't know how it is, all their workmen are Scotch.’
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A subject of a nation.

      • The diplomats were advised not to interact with any foreign nationals except on official duty.

    2. A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.

      • After winning the regional tournament, the team advanced to the nationals.

    3. A national newspaper.

      • I had a crush on Bardot / Fell in love with Monroe / Read about 'em in the nationals / All the juicy little scandals

    4. Somebody born under the authority of a given State.

    5. A member of the National Party

    6. Clipping of New Zealand National Party

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Derived

anational, antinational, anti-national, binational, consensus national champion, cross-national, crossnational, DINB, ethnonational, extranational, foreign national, Grand National, gross national happiness, gross national income, gross national product, homonational, infranational, international, intranational, macronational, micronational, mononational, multinational, national academy, national accounting, national airline, national amnesia, national-anarchism, national-anarchist, national anthem, national archive, national assembly, national assistance, national average, national bank, national bourgeoisie, national bread, national call, National Capital Region, national character · +85 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at national. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at national. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at national

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA