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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
Still, with the rise of populist and ultra-conservative politicians utilizing nationalistic rhetoric, theocracy is becoming a greater concern for secular societies.
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Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025
The Mexican flag represents more than nationalistic pride.
—Loren Collingwood, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
Nearly two-thirds of American respondents backed their own country, while Chinese executives showed a similar home-country bias, suggesting that these perceptions may be influenced by nationalistic confidence.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 27 June 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.
—Erin Khuê Ninh
june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
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Emi Eleode, Time, 14 July 2025
The Mexican flag represents more than nationalistic pride.
—Loren Collingwood, The Conversation, 1 July 2025
Nearly two-thirds of American respondents backed their own country, while Chinese executives showed a similar home-country bias, suggesting that these perceptions may be influenced by nationalistic confidence.
—Steve McDowell, Forbes.com, 27 June 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.
—Erin Khuê Ninh
june 17, Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nationalistic
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Toward the beginning of Infinite, the game interrupts the player’s stroll through patriotic fairgrounds to reveal a mob about to murder an interracial couple.—
G Kirilloff,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Her record is as patriotic as any and more courageous than most.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Aug. 2025
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Experts generally view these calls for the return of Alaska as an empty threat, but caution against what the Russian nationalist sentiment signals.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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Even the mighty United States learned that lesson the hard way over the 22 years from 1949 to 1971, when Washington pretended that the Nationalist regime headquartered in Taipei constituted the legitimate government of mainland China.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Nationalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalistic. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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