nationalists

plural of nationalist
as in patriots
one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country a staunch nationalist who favored any policy that would give the country more power in the international arena

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Recent Examples of nationalists Though the Cuban nationalists’ victory was all but assured, the United States entered the fray and swiftly imposed a military occupation over the island. Miriam Pensack, The Dial, 30 Sep. 2025 In the mid-1930s, the Spanish Civil War between the fascist forces of Franco and the nationalists was a harbinger that a second general European war lay just over the horizon. Christopher C. Gorham september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025 French conservatives longed for the ancien régime of church and monarchy, German nationalists for a community rooted in native soil. Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 Cosmopolitan progressives and conservative nationalists are at each other’s throats, including over the very meaning of the West. Stewart Patrick, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2025 On the left were environmentalists who wanted to leave carbon in the ground; on the right, MAGA nationalists who were dismantling wind farms and carrying out mass deportations. David Weigel, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025 But Hisahito’s birth quickly changed the tide and nationalists turned against the proposal. Mari Yamaguchi, Twin Cities, 6 Sep. 2025 By the time that war in East Asia took hold, in 1937, China was a decade into its own civil war between the nationalists under Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong’s communists. Meredith Oyen, The Conversation, 2 Sep. 2025 Jane’s fiercely unforgiving tone was adopted by militant Irish nationalists for whom the famine stood as the ultimate proof of English perfidy. Fintan O'Toole, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
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Noun
  • The 2020 presidential election was stolen; vaccines are very dangerous; January 6th was a civil gathering of patriots.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 1 Oct. 2025
  • My campus visits are becoming like a rock concert atmosphere filled with conservative patriots.
    Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Macron, unwilling to cede government leadership to either side, instead appointed loyalists to lead minority governments but these have proven vulnerable to no-confidence motions from rival parties.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Featuring a balanced midsole, a tall, padded heel, and an extended crash pad, many Hoka loyalists report that this underrated silhouette is their favorite from the brand.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025

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