as in nationalist
having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country
such superpatriotic displays of triumphalism should be discouraged at international sporting events
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Adjective
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In Europe, especially, several far-right and nationalist parties have made electoral gains on anti-immigrant platforms, including in Germany, France, Austria, and Italy.—
Annie Hylton,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026 -
Labor was squeezed from the right and the left, losing votes to both anti-immigrant Reform UK and the Green Party, as well as nationalist parties in Scotland and Wales.—
Pan Pylas,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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Germany was long seen as hesitant to appear overly militaristic or nationalistic, but the Ukraine war — and now the Iran conflict — has pushed Berlin to increase defense spending and crystallize its own national interests.—
Semafor Events,
semafor.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Regardless of how nationalistic Jews felt as Hungarians, anti-semitism was on the rise in Hungary throughout the 1930s.—
Marcy Thompson,
Scientific American,
16 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The patriotic initiative began on Veterans Day 2025 and will conclude on the July 4 weekend.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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The politics that Starmer embodies is cautious, patriotic, a little square.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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In the satirical comedy, Sacha Baron Cohen plays a successful and chauvinistic advertising CEO who lives for power and casual flings.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
12 May 2026
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Much of that is thanks to casting, which made an effort to diversify contestants and avoided overindexing on the chauvinistic archetypes of old.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Superpatriotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpatriotic. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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