international relations

noun

plural in form but singular in construction

: a branch of political science concerned with relations between nations and primarily with foreign policies

Examples of international relations in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Other leaders seem resigned to the fact that this 80-year global experiment in cooperative international relations has ceded the floor once again to the world order of coercion that dictated most of human history. — Elizabeth Shackelford, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Barrell serves as director of international relations and member services at World Rugby, the global governing body of the sport. — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 18 Sep. 2026

In his inauguration speech, Min Aung Hlaing pledged to restore normal engagement with ASEAN and to work to strengthen international relations. — Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026

But no president has appeared to so directly link diplomacy to his own economic interests, according Patrick Shea, a professor of international relations and global governance at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1914, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for international relations

• abbreviations
• abominations
• accelerations
• accommodations
• accumulations
• adjudications
• administrations
• adulterations
• affiliations
• agglomerations
• alienations
• amalgamations