nationalist
nationalist
Definition
na·tion·al·ist (-ist)
noun
a person who believes in or advocates nationalism
adjective
of nationalism or nationalists
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
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