1
as in patriotic
having or showing love and support for one's country
a nationalistic display of the country's flag at all civic events
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as in nationalist
having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country
a nationalistic economic policy that raises up enormous barriers against the importation of goods from other countries
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Recent Examples of nationalistic
Many Mexicans will feel a deep sense of loss when folksy, charismatic, nationalistic President Andrés Manuel López Obrador leaves office on Monday – and that’s no surprise.
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Mark Stevenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024
The more nationalistic Beijing becomes, the harder Xi may try to pick a fight—so the United States should avoid giving him any extra ammunition.
—Jonathan Tepperman, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2022
This man rearranged his whole life March 18, 2024
In line with a surge in nationalistic politics that began in the late 1990s, the country has rewritten its history textbooks to downplay its own war crimes.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
In a party in which some leaders come across as conventional and technocratic, Höcke, a history teacher by training, stands out for his willingness to flirt with the sort of nationalistic rhetoric and charismatic style that set off alarm bells in Germany.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
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Mark Stevenson, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2024
The more nationalistic Beijing becomes, the harder Xi may try to pick a fight—so the United States should avoid giving him any extra ammunition.
—Jonathan Tepperman, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2022
This man rearranged his whole life March 18, 2024
In line with a surge in nationalistic politics that began in the late 1990s, the country has rewritten its history textbooks to downplay its own war crimes.
—Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2024
In a party in which some leaders come across as conventional and technocratic, Höcke, a history teacher by training, stands out for his willingness to flirt with the sort of nationalistic rhetoric and charismatic style that set off alarm bells in Germany.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
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“Nationalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalistic. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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