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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 Modi is as nationalistic as Xi, and is no doubt irritated at the confidence and pushiness of its great eastern neighbor. Kerry Brown, Time, 4 Sep. 2025 Red and black symbolism is highly popular among nationalistic Ukrainians and features on the symbols of many Ukrainian military units. Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Aug. 2025 This is my kind of patriotism — very different from the unquestioning, nationalistic and sycophantic allegiance demanded by the Don. Mike McGrew, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025 To teach these fixtures of Asian American literature is thus to explain their political projects—a claiming of America that was an imperative then, if awkwardly nationalistic and settler colonialist now—while helping students also to hold the texts accountable. Literary Hub, 17 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for nationalistic
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  • The pro-American side emphasizes the triumphs, airbrushes out the tragedies, and veers close to patriotic mythology.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • This year, Zamzow put up a patriotic scene, featuring hundreds of skeletons, in celebration of the upcoming 250th year of the United States.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
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  • Advertisement Although a senior member of Fatah—the secular nationalist party that dominates the Palestinian Authority—Barghouti has maintained good relations with Hamas, the Islamist militant group that controls Gaza.
    Karl Vick, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Efforts to create Christian nationalist settlements in places like Elohim City, Oklahoma, Alpine County, California, and Tigerton, Wisconsin, go back to the 1970s.
    David Peisner, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Nationalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalistic. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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