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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Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
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The recruitment drive is also notable for tapping into nationalist sentiment, rather than Islamic or revolutionary sentiment, likely cognizant of the regime’s waning popularity.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Apr. 2026
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Israel’s national security minister is slamming the Muslim-majority countries that have denounced its controversial bill to effectively expand the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism and nationalistic murders.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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Aside from religious and nationalistic appeals, the Basij has been kept in line through economic incentives.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Apr. 2026
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Jafarzadeh said that the campaign is pitched as a patriotic duty, and the mobilization of civilians helps the regime by both replenishing manpower and occupying members of the public that could otherwise be swept up into future protests.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Apr. 2026
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The values are different now, the lifestyles, the accepted vulgarity, the manners, the view of what’s patriotic and what’s not, the concept of service.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 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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Unfortunately, the song is marred by a chauvinistic lyric that hasn’t aged well.—
Paul Grein,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Superpatriotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/superpatriotic. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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