chauvinistic

adjective

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having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country other nations were decidedly irked by the media's chauvinistic coverage of the Olympic Games

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  1. nationalistic
  2. nationalist
  3. patriotic
Adjective
  • Instead it was held in the sterile surrounds of Dubai due to strict policy from the nationalistic Indian government that does not allow its sports teams to travel to Pakistan.
    — Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Indeed, there’s an undoubtedly nationalistic aspect to Timestamp, fostered by scenes of students singing patriotic hymns or saluting the dead during moments of silence, as well as in the lessons teachers give them about Ukrainians bravely resisting Russian invaders.
    — Jordan Mintzer, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2025
Definition of nationalistic
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  • Thus, the Trump team is promoting a hard-right nationalist party whose leading figures downplay the crimes of Hitler’s SS, call for the mass deportation of immigrants, and even deporting German citizens descended from migrants.
    — Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2025
  • China has never relinquished its claim over Taiwan — which has been self-governing since the Chinese nationalist party, or Kuomintang, fled to the island following its defeat to the Communists in the Chinese civil war in 1949.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of nationalist
Adjective
  • The family press was also active in publishing patriotic materials, like a petition from the Virginia House of Burgesses protesting taxes imposed by Parliament.
    — Alexandra Cox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
  • Of course, the PGA Tour started with a patriotic graphic of Bradley.
    — William Lambers, Newsweek, 9 Mar. 2025
Definition of patriotic
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