as in nationalistic
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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This direction is far from assured, but neither is a planet-wide retreat into nationalistic trenches.—
Mariana Mazzucato,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025 -
Yet in the years after World War II, many Germans were in varying degrees unrepentant, nationalistic or self-justifying.—
Gary J. Bass,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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About forty per cent of the graduates of the Army’s infantry officer schools, Peri notes, come from the dati leumi, or nationalist Orthodox minority, many of them extremist yeshiva students and supporters of settlements.—
Bernard Avishai,
New Yorker,
28 Mar. 2025
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Since October, Turkish authorities have detained or imprisoned dozens of opposition figures, including the nationalist Victory Party’s leader, prominent journalists, business leaders and even the CHP’s youth branch president.—
Bilal Bilici,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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African American Union regiments, which consisted mostly of men who had escaped slavery, felt their patriotic sacrifices had earned them the full rights of citizenship, including the right to vote.—
Made by History,
Time,
9 Apr. 2025
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In a sense, this patriotic, pro-military fantasy seems to be aimed at those least likely to support a candidate like Sutton — the gung-ho might-makes-right crowd that once embraced stars such as Stallone and Schwarzenegger.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Chauvinistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chauvinistic. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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