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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for superpatriotic
Adjective
  • Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pushed a more uncompromising position on the contested land.
    Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 14 May 2025
  • Image The push to call it the Arabian Gulf gathered steam during the Pan-Arab nationalist movement of the late 1950s.
    Farnaz Fassihi, New York Times, 11 May 2025
Adjective
  • Although Disney executives have expressed optimism about summer booking for the parks this year, the trade war and the administration’s generally nationalistic worldview has increased anti-U.S. sentiment abroad.
    Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2025
  • A couple Americans — Andy Ruiz and Deontay Wilder — provided nationalistic hope (and some U.S.A. chants) but their legacies mostly fizzled out.
    Anthony Stitt, Forbes.com, 4 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • There will be speakers, a wreath presentation, dove release, torpedo display, patriotic music and more.
    Kari Barnett, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2025
  • The Santa Fe Christian School Band will perform patriotic songs and doves will be released.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
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“Superpatriotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpatriotic. Accessed 28 May. 2025.

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