nationalist

²nationalist

adj

Definition of NATIONALIST

1

: of, relating to, or advocating nationalism

2

: of, relating to, or being a political group advocating or associated with nationalism

Examples of NATIONALIST

1. The country's Nationalist Party won the election.
2. <a nationalist rant against the immigrants supposedly flooding the country>

First Known Use of NATIONALIST

1884

Related to NATIONALIST

Synonyms: chauvinist, chauvinistic, jingoist, jingoistic, nationalistic, superpatriotic

Antonyms: unpatriotic

Related Words: spread-eagle; loyal, patriotic; antiforeign, anti-immigrant, nativist, nativistic, xenophobic

Near Antonyms: internationalist

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Other Government and Politics Terms

agent provocateur, agitprop, autarky, cabal, egalitarianism, federalism, hegemony, plenipotentiary, popular sovereignty, socialism