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excessive favoritism towards one's own country Nazism's almost epic nationalism appealed to downtrodden Germans still suffering the humiliation of being defeated in World War I

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Recent Examples of nationalism Products Get Closer This administration’s policies are only the latest symptom of a global retreat into nationalism that has been clear since at least Brexit in 2016. Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 Like Ayyub, Lankesh had reported aggressively on Hindu nationalism and on violence against women and lower-caste people. Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025 The populist strain of nationalism that Francis has prophetically warned against is seemingly everywhere. Jason Horowitz, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025 That rhetoric – along with punishing tariffs on Canadian goods – has sparked an unprecedented wave of Canadian nationalism and overturned years of stability between the two neighbors. Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nationalism
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patriotism
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  • This included studies on the attitudes of Russians toward their homeland in relation to the rest of the world—the sources of Russian patriotism, attitudes toward authority, and how Russians felt about the suppression of individual freedom.
    Time, Time, 20 May 2025
  • Imagine a world where treating each other with dignity is a mark of patriotism, a measure of our national well-being and an indicator of future potential.
    Timothy Shriver, Twin Cities, 14 May 2025

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“Nationalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalism. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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