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UK
/nˈæʃənəlˌɪst/
]
[ US /ˈnæʃənəɫəst, ˈnæʃənəɫɪst, ˈnæʃnəɫəst, ˈnæʃnəɫɪst/ ]
[ US /ˈnæʃənəɫəst, ˈnæʃənəɫɪst, ˈnæʃnəɫəst, ˈnæʃnəɫɪst/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others
nationalist aspirations
minor nationalistic differences
NOUN
- one who loves and defends his or her country
- an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government
How To Use nationalist In A Sentence
- The poems, plays, and essays of the committed cultural nationalist are characterized by a markedly hortatory or didactic manner.
- What's more, the prospect of one of the most important chunks of Britain's transport infrastructure being sold soon riled a good deal of nationalistic tub-thumping.
- It is the final guard against nationalistic states that sought the betterment of their people first and foremost and not that of some hypothetical global village or for the internationalistic elite. Pravda blames trotskyites for u.s. empire
- At the beginning of the war, the Nationalist forces had eighty thousand men. The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge
- (Applause) Without boasting, without any kind of immodesty, that is how we Cuban revolutionaries understand our internationalist duty. TRICONTINENTAL CONFERENCE
- Traitorfish said: I know that’s clichéd, but I really never liked Captain America - a superhero that nationalistic is nothing but creepy. EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - The Death of Captain America
- Thus was imposed on nationalist people an undemocratic arrangement destined never to yield a nationalist majority for perhaps hundreds of years.
- He was a perfervid nationalist who was jailed for his beliefs.
- It's part of a broader Hindu nationalist movement that's gaining strength throughout the country.
- Kenya's colonial government had responded to the Mau Mau resistance movement by imposing a State of Emergency, detaining leading nationalist leader Jomo Kenyatta, and restricting political organizing.