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/nˌæʃənəlˈɪstɪk/ /nˌæʃnəlˈɪstɪk/ Listen

adjective

nationalistic adj.

Fanatically patriotic; chauvinistic.

Synonyms: chauvinistic, flag-waving(prenominal), jingoistic, superpatriotic.

Devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others; as, minor nationalistic differences.

Synonyms: nationalist.

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Etymology of 'Nationalistic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nationalistic" Quotes from Famous Books

... like Liu Yuean, bore the sinified family name Liu; but he altered this to a Hun name, taking the family name of Ho-lien. This one fact alone demonstrates that the Hsia rejected Chinese culture and were nationalistic Hun. Thus there were now two realms in North China, one undergoing progressive sinification, the other falling back to the old ...

— A history of China., [3d ed. rev. and enl.] • Wolfram Eberhard

... Germany has never felt the spirit of the West. The war is for something far deeper than national freedom; it is a war to justify the primary rules of right. Burnet (18) thinks that the great conflict was a conflict between Kultur as nationalistic, and humanism as something international—that Germany, in recent years, had abandoned an ideal of culture for that of specialization in the service of the State. England's answer to the call was not to the specific need and appeal of Belgium, but because England felt that ...

— The Psychology of Nations - A Contribution to the Philosophy of History • G.E. Partridge