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nationalism Definition

na·tion·al·ism (nas̸h′ə nəl iz′əm)

noun

    1. devotion to one's nation; patriotism
    2. excessive, narrow, or jingoist patriotism; chauvinism
  2. the doctrine that national interest, security, etc. are more important than international considerations
  3. the desire for or advocacy of national independence

nationalism Synonyms

nationalism

n.

provincialism, chauvinism, jingoism; see loyalty, patriotism.

nationalism Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • espouse: The Ba'ath Party, founded in Syria during the 1940s, espoused radical Arab nationalism and socialism.
  • argue: However, he errs when arguing that new nationalism is based on cultural divergence and not on cultural superiority.
  • embrace: But why don't these South American socialists openly embrace economic nationalism, if that's what they're really about?
  • reject: Europe and the World The SSP rejects totally the frenzied British nationalism of the Tory Party and organizations such as the UK Independence Party.
  • compete: The threats are more to do with conflicts of secession or competing nationalisms.
  • rise: Two options for confronting the issue of rising Arab nationalism were discussed by the British Cabinet.

Preposition: as

ideology: They interpreted nationalism as an ideology which in the widest possible sense was more akin to a religion than a state ideology.

Adjective modifier

  • Serbian: Both have foundered on the rock of Serbian nationalism.
  • Arab: The revival of Arab nationalism will change the dynamics in Middle East politics.
  • Serb: The same kind of movement is evident in the dominant strain of Serb nationalism.
  • Catalan: Juan Carlos Ocaña is concerned about Basque and Catalan nationalism in Spain.
  • bourgeois: The Congress Socialists were criticized for providing a left cover for bourgeois nationalism.
  • Basque: The Statute of Autonomy fell short of the self-rule that Basque nationalism demanded.

Modifies a noun

today: Nationalism Today became the springboard for the Third Positionist ideas that the NF later adopted.

Noun used with modifier

  • Buddhist: In the 1950s, soon after independence, there was a re-awakening of Buddhist nationalism which translated into anti-Christian sentiments.
  • minority: Locating the historic nation in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Mac Laughlin also examines the specificities of minority nationalisms in the nineteenth century.

Possessives

'big-nation: In the first place this essay, like the New Review paper, reveals Hobsbawm as a powerful defender of 'big-nation ' unionist nationalism.

Preposition: in

  • century: Viewed thus, nationalism in the nineteenth century was a veritable new Angel of history.
  • half: The London-based media probably has a lot to do with the rise of Scottish nationalism in the second half of the 20 th century.
  • country: However, there is a possibility that the nationalist sentiment is based on different forms of nationalism in different countries.