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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Some fellow members of the Indian American community, a long-standing source of his support, have criticized him for accepting contributions from figures aligned with India’s Hindu nationalist movement.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
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The nationalist president opposes Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s EU coordination push and proposed an alternative plan using national resources for defense spending.—
Claudia Ciobanu,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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Despite being governed by clerics since 1979, Iran frequently deploys nationalistic symbols and invokes its pre-Islamic past alongside its revolutionary identity.—
Abbas Al Lawati,
CNN Money,
27 Feb. 2026
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Many Cubans remain fiercely nationalistic and are not likely to accept any deal that requires them to surrender their national sovereignty by remaking their political or economic system to please the United States.—
William M. LeoGrande,
The Conversation,
27 Feb. 2026
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The party of the president had no effect on Republican patriotic sentiment.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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The brothers’ story shows not just the friction that separates a family with different patriotic allegiances, but also the geographical and physical separation of having one of them far away in America.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2026
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Unfortunately, the song is marred by a chauvinistic lyric that hasn’t aged well.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
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That is the very core belief of chauvinistic roots that have found favor among the highest ranks of this administration.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Jan. 2026
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“Superpatriotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpatriotic. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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