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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
Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
What will Trump’s victory do for the White Christian nationalist movement?
—John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Ben Krull, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
The Alawite State lasted from 1922 to 1936 before being incorporated into the wider Syria as a compromise by French authorities with Syrian Arab nationalists.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
The word ‘amnesty’ is extra charged in current Spanish politics, given current Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, of the socialist PSOE party, heads a coalition whose survival depends on support from the Catalan nationalist party Junts.
—Dermot Corrigan, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
What will Trump’s victory do for the White Christian nationalist movement?
—John Blake, CNN, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
On Jerusalem Day, which commemorates the taking of the Old City in the 1967 Six-Day War, thousands of religious nationalists traditionally march through Arab neighborhoods waving Israel’s flag, while chanting anti-Arab slogans.
—Ben Krull, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
The Alawite State lasted from 1922 to 1936 before being incorporated into the wider Syria as a compromise by French authorities with Syrian Arab nationalists.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nationalist
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The pursuits by the US and China are in part nationalistic and political.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
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That nationalistic pride and the volume was just amazing.—
Jordan Bianchi,
The Athletic,
20 Aug. 2024
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Music — sacred, patriotic and popular — will feature prominently throughout the day for the evangelical president who campaigned with the Allman Brothers Band, befriended Willie Nelson and quoted Bob Dylan in his 1977 inaugural address.—
Bill Barrow,
The Denver Post,
9 Jan. 2025
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To the show’s credit, though, Matt isn’t just heralded as a patriotic hero who’s right about everything.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
6 Jan. 2025
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Throughout the 1760s, patriots met there to protest royal taxes, and in 1773, Samuel Adams initiated the Boston Tea Party from the hall’s lectern.—
Michael Snyder,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Jan. 2025
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There’s Roger Stone, often in suspenders and a bow tie, greeting fellow patriots.—
Sophie Haigney,
New York Times,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Nationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalist. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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