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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 nationalists
Radical nationalists have infiltrated the country’s police and politics.
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Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2024
It’s widely seen as a tactical partnership to shut out far-right nationalists whose voices found fertile ground amid high living costs and a sluggish economy.
—Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
National elections are now dominated not by liberals seeking to expand individual rights and international freedoms, but by nationalists emphasizing border control, national identity and the need to abandon international commitments.
—Ben Ansell, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
On Jerusalem Day, which commemorates the taking of the Old City in the 1967 Six-Day War, thousands of religious nationalists traditionally march through Arab neighborhoods waving Israel’s flag, while chanting anti-Arab slogans.
—Ben Krull, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Some of these were secular nationalists who wanted an end to Assad’s dictatorship; others were Islamist Sunnis who wanted an Islamic state.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
Israel’s first government was led by nationalists and socialists.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
The complicity of conservative nationalists in the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 offers disturbing parallels to the current American political situation.
—Christopher R. Browning, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2024
White Christian nationalists created an unlivable hellscape for their Black neighbors, one that remains visible in Bible Belt communities today.
—William Horne / Made By History, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2024
It’s widely seen as a tactical partnership to shut out far-right nationalists whose voices found fertile ground amid high living costs and a sluggish economy.
—Stephen McGrath and Vadim Ghirda, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
National elections are now dominated not by liberals seeking to expand individual rights and international freedoms, but by nationalists emphasizing border control, national identity and the need to abandon international commitments.
—Ben Ansell, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
On Jerusalem Day, which commemorates the taking of the Old City in the 1967 Six-Day War, thousands of religious nationalists traditionally march through Arab neighborhoods waving Israel’s flag, while chanting anti-Arab slogans.
—Ben Krull, New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2024
Some of these were secular nationalists who wanted an end to Assad’s dictatorship; others were Islamist Sunnis who wanted an Islamic state.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2024
Israel’s first government was led by nationalists and socialists.
—Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 2024
The complicity of conservative nationalists in the Nazi takeover of Germany in 1933 offers disturbing parallels to the current American political situation.
—Christopher R. Browning, The New York Review of Books, 17 Oct. 2024
White Christian nationalists created an unlivable hellscape for their Black neighbors, one that remains visible in Bible Belt communities today.
—William Horne / Made By History, TIME, 17 Oct. 2024
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“Nationalists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalists. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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