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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 While Black Hawk Down was lauded by critics and won two Oscars, many took issue with the film's nationalistic approach, specifically its depiction of Somalis. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 Feb. 2025 Such claims have often been fueled by the kind of nationalistic, anti-US sentiment fanned by state media. Nectar Gan, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025 The pursuits by the US and China are in part nationalistic and political. Jackie Wattles, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025 From outside her apartment, images petered in courtesy of our TV screen — images of nationalistic forces that were advocating hypermasculinity and vicious attacks on minorities, intellectuals, freedom of speech and civil liberties. Payal Kapadia, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nationalistic

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

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