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as in nationalistic
having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country
most of the articles on the website are nationalist propaganda and not objective by any means
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as in patriotic
having or showing love and support for one's country
nationalist fervor is often at its highest when a country is at war
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as in patriot
one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country
a staunch nationalist who favored any policy that would give the country more power in the international arena
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Recent Examples of nationalist
Lisa Curtis, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2025
There is something regressive, even nationalist, about entertaining the notion of aesthetic perfection, let alone striving after it.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
Tom Perry, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Widespread detentions and demolitions of property targeting Muslims in India have provoked concerns that right-wing Hindu nationalists are exploiting last week’s terrorist attack in Kashmir to deepen a campaign of oppression against the country’s largest minority group.
—Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
New Delhi’s response to terrorist provocations on its side of the line of control—the de facto boundary between the two countries—has grown increasingly intense since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government came to power in 2014.
—Lisa Curtis, Foreign Affairs, 13 May 2025
There is something regressive, even nationalist, about entertaining the notion of aesthetic perfection, let alone striving after it.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
Noun
His father was an Arab nationalist, an ideology at odds with Sharaa's political Islam.
—Tom Perry, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Widespread detentions and demolitions of property targeting Muslims in India have provoked concerns that right-wing Hindu nationalists are exploiting last week’s terrorist attack in Kashmir to deepen a campaign of oppression against the country’s largest minority group.
—Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nationalist
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More than 20% of voters opted for candidates on the far right, whose conservative and nationalistic worldviews overlap with Nawrocki’s.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2025
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China’s domestic markets are now highly developed, hyper-competitive, and increasingly nationalistic.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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Nawrocki's supporters describe him as the embodiment of traditional, patriotic values.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
3 June 2025
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The 42-year-old historian who had no previous political experience built his campaign on patriotic themes, traditional Catholic values, and a vow to defend Poland’s sovereignty against the EU and larger European nations like Germany.—
Vanessa Gera,
Los Angeles Times,
2 June 2025
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Maybe, beyond that, people were listening, patriots in mountain shelters, citizens in their houses, all risking their lives to listen to us.—
Ann Goldstein,
New Yorker,
25 May 2025
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And for the littlest patriots, PBS Kids will premiere Map Zappers, a new series from Arkansas PBS that follows three ordinary kids who stumble across a museum exhibit that contains artifacts from every U.S. state and territory.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
19 May 2025
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“Nationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalist. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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