1
as in patriotic
having or showing love and support for one's country
a nationalistic display of the country's flag at all civic events
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as in nationalist
having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country
a nationalistic economic policy that raises up enormous barriers against the importation of goods from other countries
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Recent Examples of nationalistic
In line with a surge in nationalistic politics that began in the late 1990s, the country has rewritten its history textbooks to downplay its own war crimes.
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
The pursuits by the US and China are in part nationalistic and political.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
That nationalistic pride and the volume was just amazing.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
To recap, the biggest cricket event of 2025 - in a rare year where there is no men's cricket World Cup - will now also be held in the rather sterile surrounds of the UAE after India refused to travel to Pakistan given the strict stance from its nationalistic government.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
The pursuits by the US and China are in part nationalistic and political.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 14 Jan. 2025
That nationalistic pride and the volume was just amazing.
—Jordan Bianchi, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
To recap, the biggest cricket event of 2025 - in a rare year where there is no men's cricket World Cup - will now also be held in the rather sterile surrounds of the UAE after India refused to travel to Pakistan given the strict stance from its nationalistic government.
—Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Nationalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalistic. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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