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nationalist

nationalist

57 6.4
Showing strong support for one's country and its interests
  • adjective
  • /ˈnæʃənəlɪst/
translation icon : nacionalista
  • For nearly a century, "armed struggle" was the dominant leitmotif of the Palestinian nationalist movement.
  • a nationalist movement
  • nationalist ideology
  • a nationalist party

And it means, you know, people with those sort of ultra nationalist sentiments.

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Examples

  • But the goal there, too, continued to be assimilation, despite intensifying nationalist criticism.

    Academic text (1999)
  • And if you didn't have a strong Chinese Communist Party in charge, you might actually get a more nationalist, a more assertive China.

  • How does it mix the nationalist elements and the human rights elements that are so important to your analysis?

  • What if the state could no longer keep ethnic and nationalist enthusiasm under control?

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Further, Wittman does not question race, class, or nationalist issues within his piece.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Thus, there may be said to be an ethnic/nationalist aspect to Jewish identity as well as the religious.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The idea of a national culture helped to authorize the nationalist movements of the nineteenth century.

    Academic text (1999)
  • Mustafa Kemal is gathering a Nationalist army there.

  • His mission - to mobilise and exploit growing nationalist sentiment to instigate a rebellion.

  • The politician's speech was filled with nationalist rhetoric that emphasized the country's sovereignty over others.

Synonyms

patriotic
vsnationalist
107 3.3

Feeling strong love and support for your country

is stronger in putting national interests above those of others
nationalistic
vsnationalist
15 6.7

Someone who feels strong pride in a country and thinks that country is better than others

is the main concept but often less extreme in tone
jingoistic
vsnationalist
3 9.1

Showing extreme pride in a country and wanting to fight other countries

is broader support that may not call for aggression
flag-waving
vsnationalist
  • Offensive
2 6.8

Showing too much pride in one's country

is about support that prioritizes national interests rather than public display
ultranationalist
vsnationalist
  • Literature
1 8.9

Very patriotic and often hostile to other countries

is similar but generally less aggressive or exclusionary
ultranationalistic
vsnationalist
  • Literature
9.9

Very strong pride in one's country and dislike of people from other countries

is the same focus but can be less extreme or hostile
superpatriotic
vsnationalist
8.2

Showing very strong love for their country and rejecting criticism

is the general term that may be strong but not fanatical
superpatriot
vsnationalist
8.7

Showing very strong love for your country and ignoring other views

is less extreme and more about preferring national interests

Compounds

A person who speaks for and organizes people who want their country to be independent

A government on Taiwan set up in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek called the Republic of China

How Nationalist

chauvinistic
  • Offensive
10 8.6
nationalistic
15 6.7
nationalist
57 6.4
patriotic
107 3.3

Surface Forms

nationalist positive

Morphology

nationalist = national (transparent) = nation + al + ist

Formed by adding '-ist' to 'national' to describe someone or something showing strong national support; the derivation is regular and meaningful.

Etymology

Nationalist as an adjective comes from national ('of a country') and the idea of a strong supporter, so nationalist describes ideas or actions that put a country's interests first.