as in patriots
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
Some of these were secular nationalists who wanted an end to Assad’s dictatorship; others were Islamist Sunnis who wanted an Islamic state.
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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
The deal was an immense source of controversy at home and has been widely denounced by British conservatives and nationalists alike.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Oct. 2024
In the absence of a general mobilization, the Kremlin’s true believers and Russian nationalists could still thrill to a war of conquest, to a settling of scores with the West.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2022
After that, the empire began clamping down on both Ukrainian and Polish nationalists, whom imperial officials had begun to suspect were in cahoots.
—Cristina Florea, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2022
Another is that reactionary populists are also nationalists, which can trump any sense of transnational solidarity.
—Justin Casey, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2023
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
The deal was an immense source of controversy at home and has been widely denounced by British conservatives and nationalists alike.
—Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 9 Oct. 2024
In the absence of a general mobilization, the Kremlin’s true believers and Russian nationalists could still thrill to a war of conquest, to a settling of scores with the West.
—Liana Fix, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2022
After that, the empire began clamping down on both Ukrainian and Polish nationalists, whom imperial officials had begun to suspect were in cahoots.
—Cristina Florea, Foreign Affairs, 10 May 2022
Another is that reactionary populists are also nationalists, which can trump any sense of transnational solidarity.
—Justin Casey, Foreign Affairs, 19 Jan. 2023
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“Nationalists.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalists. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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