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as in nationalistic
having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country
most of the articles on the website are nationalist propaganda and not objective by any means
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as in patriotic
having or showing love and support for one's country
nationalist fervor is often at its highest when a country is at war
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as in patriot
one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country
a staunch nationalist who favored any policy that would give the country more power in the international arena
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Recent Examples of nationalist
Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, right-wing or far-right nationalist parties are in power in Italy and Hungary; are part of the government in Finland; and support the government in Sweden and Serbia.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
David Gilbert, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Many Hindu nationalists, however, downplay or reject this scenario, in part because of its lingering association with colonial narratives about a race of fair-skinned Aryans conquering the region.
—Byvaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 4 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
The verdict came in response to many petitions filed after demolitions in recent years in states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
—Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, right-wing or far-right nationalist parties are in power in Italy and Hungary; are part of the government in Finland; and support the government in Sweden and Serbia.
—Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2024
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Manning the grill was Pastor David MacLellan, a Christian nationalist who is the chaplain for the Patriot Party of Arizona and subscribes to the extremist ideology of the Black Robe Regiment.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 5 Nov. 2024
Many Hindu nationalists, however, downplay or reject this scenario, in part because of its lingering association with colonial narratives about a race of fair-skinned Aryans conquering the region.
—Byvaishnavi Chandrashekhar, science.org, 4 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nationalist
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Those who are sceptical fear that Shah, whose father Amit Shah is India's minister of home affairs and the right-hand man to nationalistic prime minster Narendra Modi, will be merely a mouthpiece for India.Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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Many Chinese economists are alarmed by the nationalistic direction of their country’s economic policy and skeptical that self-reliance will work.Scott Kennedy, Foreign Affairs, 26 Nov. 2024
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Penny did not testify, but several of his relatives, friends and fellow Marines did — describing him as an upstanding, patriotic and empathetic man.Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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In the wake of the Kennedy assassination, many sporting events were called off, and the raucous, patriotic annual match between the two service academies nearly met the same fate.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
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These patriots shouldn’t have to live in fear of political retribution for doing what’s right.Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 9 Dec. 2024
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Bernie is a true patriot and the living embodiment of the American Dream.Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 6 Nov. 2024
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“Nationalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalist. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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