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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
Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026
Amid the memes and mug shots the DHS usually posts, Micah Bock, the deputy assistant secretary of strategic communications, occasionally appears in explainer videos to offer nationalist perspectives.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
Conservatives, libertarians, nationalists and populists are all distinct from each other but are all too often lumped together as one.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
Christians were imprisoned or killed for practicing their faith, and religious practice was confined to the Chinese nationalist Three-Self Church under strict government control.
—Arkansas Online, 22 Jan. 2026
Amid the memes and mug shots the DHS usually posts, Micah Bock, the deputy assistant secretary of strategic communications, occasionally appears in explainer videos to offer nationalist perspectives.
—Ali Breland, The Atlantic, 21 Jan. 2026
Noun
He’s marked as a dissident for responding with defiance to lesson plans mandated by federal authorities after the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that teach youngsters to become Russian nationalists.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2025
Conservatives, libertarians, nationalists and populists are all distinct from each other but are all too often lumped together as one.
—Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 21 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nationalist
Adjective
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Drunken heckling of a nationalistic speech in Peter Pan also acts as a reminder that the novel’s world exists in the shadow of history.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Unlike others of his ilk, Elon Musk, nominally more interested in colonizing Mars than other parts of Earth, appears to see the annexation of Greenland as a purely nationalistic venture.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2026
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Biel joked of their patriotic accessories.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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The team will also give away three kinds of hats — a waffle beanie, a western snapback and a home-and-away bucket hat — as well as an opening series scarf, a 1998 belt bag, a puffer vest, a patriotic aloha shirt, a poncho and a superhero pocket tee.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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These immigration and customs enforcement officers are red-blooded American patriots doing a tough job to keep our nation safe.—
Isa Almeida,
Oklahoman,
8 Jan. 2026
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The new General Counsel of ZooMass is lifelong payroll patriot David Lowy.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
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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.—
Robert Rubsam,
The Atlantic,
18 Dec. 2025
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King’s straight-sets triumph over the braggadocious chauvinist wasn’t much in doubt once the players were on the court, though there was plenty of speculation leading up to the match.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Nationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalist. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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