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   foreign

   /ˈfɒrɪn/

   adjective

   • 1. of, from, in, or characteristic of a country or language other than one's own: "foreign currency" Similar overseasdistantremotefar offfar flungexternaloutsidealiennon-nativeadventitiousOpposite domestic
   • ▪ dealing with or relating to other countries: "foreign policy"
   • ▪ of or belonging to another district or area: "a visit to a foreign clan"
   • ▪ coming or introduced from outside: "the quotation is a foreign element imported into the work"
   • 2. strange and unfamiliar: "I suppose this all feels pretty foreign to you" Similar unfamiliarunknownunheard ofstrangealienexoticoutlandishoddpeculiarcuriousbizarreweirdqueerfunnynovelnewOpposite familiar
   • ▪ not belonging to or characteristic of: "crime and brutality are foreign to our nature" Similar irrelevantnot pertinentinappropriateinappositeextraneousunrelatedunconnectedoutsidedistant fromremote fromdisconnected fromdifferent fromrare:extrinsicOpposite relevant

   Word Origin Middle Englishforen, forein, from Old French forein, forain, based on Latin foras, foris ‘outside’, from fores ‘door’. The current spelling arose in the 16th century, by association with sovereign.

   Derivatives

   • 1. foreignness noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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2. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › foreign countryForeign country - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   3 days ago · Definitions of foreign country. noun. any state of which one is not a citizen. “working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to”. see more.

3. oxfordre.com › politics › displayDiscourse in Foreign Policy - Oxford Research Encyclopedias

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   5 hours ago · Summary. Critical discourse analysis continues to remain a valuable method for understanding foreign policy. Situated in the broader interpretive methodological approach to the social sciences, it challenges the ontological and epistemological assumptions of more positivist methodologies by observing that the world is not pregiven, but socially constructed.

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › International_relationsInternational relations - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · International relations - Wikipedia. In 2012 alone, the Palace of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, hosted more than 10,000 intergovernmental meetings. The city hosts the highest number of international organizations in the world. [1] The field of international relations dates from the time of the Greek historian Thucydides. Conflict resolution.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › International_lawInternational law - Wikipedia

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   2 days ago · International law - Wikipedia. International law (also known as public international law and the law of nations) is the set of rules, norms, and standards that states and other actors feel an obligation to obey in their mutual relations and generally do obey.

6. www.bloomberg.com › opinion › articlesHarris Can't Ignore Foreign Policy in Taking On Trump - Bloomberg

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   18 hours ago · Foreign policy is rarely the dominant issue in US presidential elections. But it does, invariably, matter at the margins, and in a close race the margins can matter quite a lot. The electorate ...

7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Foreign_policy_of_the_United_StatesForeign policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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   1 day ago · Foreign aid has been used to foster closer relations with foreign nations, strengthen countries that could potentially become future allies and trading partners, and provide assistance for people of countries most in need.

8. www.britannica.com › place › IndiaIndia - Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Nonalignment | Britannica

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   4 days ago · India - Foreign Policy, Diplomacy, Nonalignment: British India expanded beyond its company borders to both the northwest and the northeast during the initial phase of crown rule.