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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
Much of their war of words actually has appeared intended to mollify nationalistic critics on their own sides.
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Sopheng Cheang, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Iran is a deeply nationalistic society, even if the people despise the Islamist regime.
—Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
In particular the veneration of nationalistic, expansionist and militaristic periods of history.
—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
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Sopheng Cheang, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Iran is a deeply nationalistic society, even if the people despise the Islamist regime.
—Dan Perry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
In particular the veneration of nationalistic, expansionist and militaristic periods of history.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nationalistic
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Video of the almost outlandishly patriotic show featured a choir, flag spinners, aerial silk performers, and live doves.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
21 July 2025
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Those include gold flourishes throughout the Oval Office, patriotic touches and massive flag poles outside.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
20 July 2025
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Christian Persecution in India In recent years, India has witnessed a marked escalation in the persecution of its Christian population, driven in large part by the rise of Hindu nationalist ideology and the spread of anti-conversion laws across several states.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 July 2025
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On this day in 1914: Austria-Hungary issued a series of ultimatums to Serbia that included allowing Austria-Hungary to investigate who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, and demanded that Serbia cease all anti-Austrian propaganda and dissolve its nationalist organizations.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
24 July 2025
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“Nationalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalistic. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.
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