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as in patriotic
having or showing love and support for one's country
a nationalistic display of the country's flag at all civic events
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as in nationalist
having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country
a nationalistic economic policy that raises up enormous barriers against the importation of goods from other countries
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Recent Examples of nationalistic
In particular the veneration of nationalistic, expansionist and militaristic periods of history.
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Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Americans were suspicious about the loyalties–both religious and nationalistic–of their new neighbors with their strange language and accents.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
These decisions suggest an effort to suppress all but the most overt nationalistic efforts from American artists, a fool’s errand given the outspoken nature of the creative community, and one that is not unfamiliar around the globe.
—Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
That’s a thorny line that all actors of a certain level of success need to question, as the difference between rousing Hollywood entertainment and glorifying nationalistic propaganda proves vanishing thin.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 19 May 2025
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Sebastian Shukla, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
Americans were suspicious about the loyalties–both religious and nationalistic–of their new neighbors with their strange language and accents.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
These decisions suggest an effort to suppress all but the most overt nationalistic efforts from American artists, a fool’s errand given the outspoken nature of the creative community, and one that is not unfamiliar around the globe.
—Eric Kohn, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
That’s a thorny line that all actors of a certain level of success need to question, as the difference between rousing Hollywood entertainment and glorifying nationalistic propaganda proves vanishing thin.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nationalistic
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Most of those people are hitting the road between Saturday, June 28 and Sunday, July 6. AAA is doing its patriotic part to make sure Americans reach their Fourth of July celebrations.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
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Skyline views will offer a variety of vantage points for seeing sparks fly, a live DJ will be spinning patriotic and summer hits and there will be photo ops with Uncle Sam, along with rooftop TVs streaming the show from the Esplanade.—
Jeanne O'Brien Coffey,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
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Promising railroad mergers and all matters a fair shake, decided on the merits and with the benefit of the president’s nationalist economic agenda, could be enough to coax Vena and his peers to try.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
19 June 2025
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Even the social, nationalist conception was merely the extension of self-love to one’s community or one’s nation; to progress, humanity must transcend such selfish motives.—
Ben Woollard,
JSTOR Daily,
18 June 2025
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“Nationalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalistic. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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