anti-nationalist

adjective

an·ti-na·tion·al·ist ˌan-tē-ˈnash-nə-list

-ˈna-shə-nə-list,

ˌan-tī-

variants or less commonly antinationalist

: opposed to nationalism or to a nationalist movement or government

… they have publicly declared their anti-nationalist, anti-war and individual standpoint …—

Dubravka Ugresic

anti-nationalist noun

or less commonly antinationalist

This is why anti-nationalists cannot see anything good in the nation-state and customarily understand nationalism as ethnic hatred, xenophobia, anti-Semitism and other equally abominable phenomena. —

T. Mastnak

Word History

First Known Use

1863, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of anti-nationalist was in 1863

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“Anti-nationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-nationalist. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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