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nationalist Definition

na·tion·al·ist (-ist)

noun

a person who believes in or advocates nationalism

adjective

of nationalism or nationalists

nationalist Related Forms
na′·tion·al·is·ti·cally adverb
nationalist Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • lead: As soon as the Japanese surrendered, Communist forces began a war against the Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-Shek.
  • see: Unionists thus see northern nationalists as an ethnic minority within Northern Ireland, and the UK generally.
  • give: The win by the SNP's Scott Farmer at Borestone gives the nationalists a foothold on Stirling Council.

Adjective modifier

  • Serb: Because what awaits Serb nationalists in and around Kosovo is unpalatable.
  • patriotic: A summary of the week's news relating to archeological, historical and similar issues from a patriotic nationalist and Identity perspective.
  • Serbian: On the other hand, Serbian nationalists challenged the equation of the experience of the Serbs during the war.
  • hard-line: One hard-line Serb nationalist has given herself up for trial to the International Court of Justice.
  • Croat: Historically, many proud Serb and Croat nationalists were also good Bosnians.
  • Irish: Irish Nationalists sought various levels of disengagement from the Union that had taken place in 1800.

Preposition: on

  • side: Comparison of the actions of enemies with those of the Nazis has been a key tactic by nationalists on all sides.

Modifying Another Word

  • predominantly: The consequences of this policy became particularly evident in those areas which have a predominantly nationalist population.
  • strongly: It is a mainly working-class community, strongly nationalist with a history of high unemployment, and sectarian discrimination.

Modifies a noun

  • sentiment: Abdullah spoke in glowing terms of the surge in Arab nationalist sentiment at his college.
  • paramilitaries: The link between the criminal underworld and the nationalist paramilitaries is simple and straightforward and in Arkan's case easy to grasp.
  • ideology: The Prussian monarchy took over the German nationalist ideology.
  • fervor: Thereby, a legacy for another upsurge of nationalist fervor was firmly implanted in the minds of the German people.
  • rhetoric: This claim is, of course, utterly ludicrous, even by the standards of Serb nationalist rhetoric.
  • historiography: The most popular reading is the ' Ai-Lao ' version, an implicit response to Thai nationalist historiography.

Noun used with modifier

  • wing: Among the bikers were extreme right wing nationalists whose slogan is ' A good Turk is a dead Turk ' .
  • class: It has been responsible for mass arrests, torture, killings and the military occupation of working class nationalist areas.