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as in nationalistic
having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country
most of the articles on the website are nationalist propaganda and not objective by any means
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as in patriotic
having or showing love and support for one's country
nationalist fervor is often at its highest when a country is at war
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as in patriot
one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country
a staunch nationalist who favored any policy that would give the country more power in the international arena
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Recent Examples of nationalist
CBS News,
20 June 2026
Labour now competes for left-wing votes not only with the Greens but with nationalist parties in Scotland and Wales.
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Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Patrick said Democrats accuse Republicans of being Christian nationalists.
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Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
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Adjective
However, Nawrocki is a nationalist politician who has exploited anti-Ukrainian sentiment for electoral gain.
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CBS News,
20 June 2026
Labour now competes for left-wing votes not only with the Greens but with nationalist parties in Scotland and Wales.
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Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
19 June 2026
Noun
Barton’s pseudo-scholarship furnished Christian nationalists with valuable ammunition, but the movement needed foot soldiers.
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Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 June 2026
Patrick said Democrats accuse Republicans of being Christian nationalists.
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Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nationalist
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Amid classic activities, including swimming, hiking and craft-making, summer camps have long played a larger role as a nationalistic ritual.
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To add nationalistic insult to injury, the head of Wardex isn’t even American.
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Tis the season for beach trips, patriotic holidays, picking fresh vegetables from the garden, and maybe sleeping in just a little bit later on some mornings.
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More importantly, Declarations does not merely add Black figures into an existing patriotic narrative.
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Connecticut’s early commitment to the patriot cause was indispensable to the Revolution’s success.
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This would create partition on the patriots’ terms, not Britain’s, as 13 contiguous colonies seceded from the rump of the British Empire in North America.
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There really are chauvinists out there.
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Sacco knows better than most that political chauvinists of all kinds can point to past moments of injury and humiliation to justify any current cruelty or authoritarian project—an especially powerful appeal when those historical injustices are real.
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“Nationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalist. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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