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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Adjective
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Although Disney executives have expressed optimism about summer booking for the parks this year, the trade war and the administration’s generally nationalistic worldview has increased anti-U.S. sentiment abroad.—
Ryan Faughnder,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Apr. 2025 -
A couple Americans — Andy Ruiz and Deontay Wilder — provided nationalistic hope (and some U.S.A. chants) but their legacies mostly fizzled out.—
Anthony Stitt,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pushed a more uncompromising position on the contested land.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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Image The push to call it the Arabian Gulf gathered steam during the Pan-Arab nationalist movement of the late 1950s.—
Farnaz Fassihi,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
Adjective
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Swit played the patriotic head nurse, but had no friends among the hospital staff.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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The Swiss Army lined the outside of the Vatican among clergy and people waving patriotic indicators from around the globe in celebration of the leader of the Catholic Church emerging from the balcony and beginning his papacy.—
Gabriele Regalbuto,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2025
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“Chauvinistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chauvinistic. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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