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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
Luxury brands need to watch another serious shift in China: the rise of local champions fueling nationalistic consumption.
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Stéphane Jg Girod, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Those are the cornerstones of a nationalistic policy.
—Antonio Fins, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
The AfD, born in 2013 in opposition to the country’s bailouts of fellow European Union members after the financial crisis, had quickly evolved to focus on resisting the migrant surge that began nearly a decade ago, with frequently nationalistic and racist overtones.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
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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Stéphane Jg Girod, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
Those are the cornerstones of a nationalistic policy.
—Antonio Fins, USA TODAY, 24 Nov. 2024
The AfD, born in 2013 in opposition to the country’s bailouts of fellow European Union members after the financial crisis, had quickly evolved to focus on resisting the migrant surge that began nearly a decade ago, with frequently nationalistic and racist overtones.
—Alec MacGillis, The New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2024
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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“Nationalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalistic. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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