nationalism

English

Etymology

From French nationalisme. Surface etymology is national +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæʃənəlɪzəm/

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Noun

nationalism (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisms)

1. Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture.
   • 1927 May, Wright, Quincy, “Bolshevist Influences in China”, in Current History‎^[1], volume XXVI, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 300, column 1:

     Perhaps the explanation of the Chinese situation most generally accepted by historians is nationalism, a phenomenon which has always occurred when a people of distinctive cultural characteristics becomes aware of foreign domination. Napoleonic domination in Italy and Germany a century ago created nationalism there, as did Turkish domination in the Balkans and the Arab countries.

   • 2017, Meir Litvak, Constructing Nationalism in Iran:

     Following the 1979 Revolution, Khomeini came out against nationalism.

2. Support for the creation of a sovereign nation (which does not currently exist).

   Basque nationalism

   Kurdish nationalism

3. (UK, Ireland) Support for the union of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Antonyms

• internationalism
• antinationalism

Hypernyms

• sectionalism; any geopolitical group pursuing its own interest

Hyponyms

• jingoism; aggressive warlike nationalism
• ethnonationalism; nationalism on the basis of ethnicity
• ultranationalism

Derived terms

• gastronationalism
• metanationalism
• micronationalism

Translations

idea of supporting one's country and culture

• Albanian: nationalizëm m
• Amharic: ብሔረተኝነት (bəḥerätäñnät)
• Antillean Creole: nasyonalis m
• Arabic: قَوْمِيَّة‎ (ar) f (qawmiyya)
• Armenian: ազգայնականություն (hy) (azgaynakanutʿyun), նացիոնալիզմ (hy) (nacʿionalizm)
• Assamese: জাতীয়তাবাদ (zatitabad)
• Asturian: nacionalismu m
• Azerbaijani: millətçilik
• Bashkir: милләтселек (millätselek)
• Belarusian: нацыяналі́зм m (nacyjanalízm)
• Bengali: জাতীয়তাবাদ (jatiẏtabad)
• Bulgarian: национали́зъм (bg) m (nacionalízǎm)
• Burmese: အမျိုးသားစိတ် (my) (a.myui:sa:cit)
• Catalan: nacionalisme (ca) m
• Chechen: национализм (nacionalizm)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 民族主義／民族主义 (zh) (mínzúzhǔyì), 國民主義／国民主义 (guómínzhǔyì)

• Cornish: kenedlegieth f
• Corsican: nazziunalismu m, naziunalismu m
• Crimean Tatar: milletçilik
• Czech: nacionalismus (cs) m
• Danish: nationalisme (da) c
• Dutch: nationalisme (nl) n
• Erzya: раськемельчи (raśkemeľči)
• Esperanto: naciismo
• Estonian: rahvuslus, natsionalism
• Finnish: isänmaallisuus (fi), kansallismielisyys (fi), nationalismi (fi), patriotismi (fi)
• French: nationalisme (fr) m
• Galician: nacionalismo (gl) m
• Georgian: ნაციონალიზმი (nacionalizmi)
• German: Nationalismus (de) m
• Greek: εθνικισμός (el) m (ethnikismós)
• Gujarati: રાષ્ટ્રવાદ (rāṣṭravād)
• Hebrew: לְאֻמִּיּוּת \ לאומיות‎ (he) (leumiyút)
• Hindi: राष्ट्रवाद m (rāṣṭravād)
• Hungarian: nacionalizmus (hu), nemzetizmus
• Iban: nasionalisma
• Icelandic: þjóðernishyggja f
• Indonesian: kebangsaan (id), nasionalisme (id)
• Irish: náisiúnachas
• Italian: nazionalismo (it) m
• Japanese: 民族主義 (みんぞくしゅぎ, minzokushugi), ナショナリズム (ja) (nashonarizumu), 国民主義 (こくみんしゅぎ, kokuminshugi)
• Kazakh: ұлтшылдық (kk) (ūltşyldyq)
• Khmer: ជាតិនិយម (km) (ciət niyum)
• Korean: 민족주의(民族主義) (ko) (minjokjuui), 국민주의(國民主義) (gungminjuui)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نەتەوەیی‎ (neteweyî), وڵات پارێزی‎ (wllat parêzî)

  Northern Kurdish: neteweperwerî (ku), welatperwerî (ku), niştimanperwerî (ku), welatparêzî (ku), neteweparêzî (ku), nasyonalîzm (ku), neteweperistî (ku)

• Kyrgyz: улутчулдук (ky) (ulutçulduk)
• Lao: ຊາດນິຍົມ (sāt ni nyom), ຊາຕິນິຍົມ (sā ti ni nyom)
• Latin: nationalismus m
• Latvian: nacionālisms m
• Lithuanian: nacionalizmas (lt) m
• Macedonian: национали́зам m (nacionalízam)
• Malay: nasionalisme (ms)
• Maltese: nazionalismu m
• Marathi: राष्ट्रवाद (mr) m (rāṣṭravād)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: үндсэрхэг үзэл (ündserxeg üzel)

• Norman: nâtionnalisme m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nasjonalisme (no) m

• Occitan: nacionalisme (oc) m
• Pashto: ملتپالنه‎ f (melatрālǝna), مليت پرستي‎ f (milyatparasti), ناسيوناليزم‎ m (nāsionālizǝm), نشنليزم‎ m (nešnalizᶕm), نېشنلېزم‎ m (nešnalizǝm), قوم پرستي‎ f (qawmparasti)
• Persian: ناسیونالیسم‎ (fa) (nâsionâlism), ملی‌گرایی‎ (melli-garâyi), ملت‌گرایی‎ (mellat-garâyi)
• Polish: nacjonalizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: nacionalismo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਕੌਮਪ੍ਰਸਤੀ (kaumprastī)
• Romanian: naționalism (ro) m
• Russian: национали́зм (ru) m (nacionalízm)
• Rusyn: націоналі́зм m (nacionalízm)
• Scottish Gaelic: nàiseantachd f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: националѝзам m

  Roman: nacionalìzam (sh) m

• Slovak: nacionalizmus m
• Slovene: nacionalizem m
• Spanish: nacionalismo (es) m
• Swahili: utaifa (sw)
• Swedish: nationalism (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagkamakabayan, pagkamakabansa
• Tajik: миллатчигӣ (millatčigī), миллатгароӣ‍ (millatgaroyī‍)
• Tatar: милләтчелек (tt) (millätçelek)
• Thai: ชาตินิยม (th) (châat-ní-yom)
• Turkish: milliyetçilik (tr), ulusçuluk (tr), ulusçuluk (tr)
• Turkmen: milletçilik
• Ukrainian: націоналі́зм (uk) m (nacionalízm)
• Urdu: قَوم پَرْوَری‎ f (qaum parvarī)
• Uyghur: مىللەتچىلىك‎ (milletchilik)
• Uzbek: millatchilik (uz)
• Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa dân tộc (主義民族), chủ nghĩa quốc gia, chủ nghĩa quốc tộc
• Yiddish: נאַציאָנאַליזם‎ m (natsyonalizm)

support for the creation of a new sovereign nation

• Finnish: nationalismi (fi)

support for the unification of Ireland

• Finnish: nationalismi (fi)

support of one nation's interests to the exclusion of others — see jingoism

See also

• nationalist
• isolationist

Anagrams

• antimonials, laminations

Swedish

Noun

nationalism c

1. nationalism

Declension

Declension of nationalism
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	nationalism	nationalismen	nationalismer	nationalismerna
Genitive	nationalisms	nationalismens	nationalismers	nationalismernas

Further reading

• nationalism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nationalism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nationalism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)