nationalism

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French nationalisme, equivalent to national +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈnæʃənəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈnaʃənl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /ˈnæʃn̩(ə)lɪz(ə)m/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈnæʃ(ə)nəˌlɪzəm/
• Hyphenation: nat‧ion‧al‧i‧sm

Noun

nationalism (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisms)

1. A more extreme form of patriotism; the idea of a more extreme support for one's country, people or culture.

   Communists, socialists, and Islamists are against nationalism.

   • 1927 May, Quincy Wright, “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.

   • 2018 October 23, Doug Criss, “The definition of a nationalist”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     It dates back to the 17th century and rose into prominence during the uprisings in the 18th century that produced the American and French revolutions. But the word attained more of a negative connotation during the 20th century as it become associated with the nationalism movements in Europe that helped lead to World War I and World War II.

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
• cosmopolitanism
• (Irish nationalism): unionism

Hypernyms

• sectionalism (“any geopolitical group pursuing its own interest”)

Hyponyms

• ethnonationalism (“nationalism on the basis of ethnicity”)
• jingoism (“aggressive warlike nationalism”)
• ultranationalism

Derived terms

• ablenationalism
• anarcho-nationalism
• binationalism
• civic nationalism
• cybernationalism
• economic nationalism
• feminationalism
• femonationalism
• gastronationalism
• heteronationalism
• homonationalism
• hypernationalism
• linguonationalism
• metanationalism
• micronationalism
• neonationalism
• neo-techno-nationalism
• pan-nationalism
• postnationalism
• supernationalism
• techno-nationalism
• vaccine nationalism
• white nationalism

Related terms

• nationalist

Translations

idea of supporting one’s country and culture

• Afrikaans: nasionalisme
• Albanian: nationalizëm m
• Amharic: ብሔረተኝነት (bəḥerätäñnät)
• Antillean Creole: nasyonalis m
• Arabic: قَوْمِيَّة (ar) f (qawmiyya)
• Aragonese: nacionalismo m
• Armenian: ազգայնականություն (hy) (azgaynakanutʻyun), նացիոնալիզմ (hy) (nacʻionalizm)
• Assamese: জাতীয়তাবাদ (zatitabad)
• Asturian: nacionalismu m
• Azerbaijani: millətçilik
• Bashkir: милләтселек (millətselek)
• Basque: nazionalismo inan
• Belarusian: нацыяналі́зм m (nacyjanalízm)
• Bengali: জাতীয়তাবাদ (bn) (jatiẏtabad)
• Bulgarian: национали́зъм (bg) m (nacionalízǎm)
• Burmese: အမျိုးသားစိတ် (my) (a.myui:sa:cit)
• Carpathian Rusyn: націоналі́зм m (nacionalízm)
• 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: kenedhlegieth 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), νασιοναλισμός (el) m (nasionalismós)
• Gujarati: રાષ્ટ્રવાદ (rāṣṭravād)
• Hebrew: לְאֻמִּיּוּת \ לאומיות (he) (leumiyút)
• Hindi: राष्ट्रवाद m (rāṣṭravād)
• Hungarian: nacionalizmus (hu), nemzetizmus (hu)
• Iban: nasionalisma
• Icelandic: þjóðernishyggja f
• Indonesian: kebangsaan (id), nasionalisme (id)
• Interlingua: nationalismo
• Irish: náisiúnachas
• Italian: nazionalismo (it) m
• Japanese: 民族主義 (ja) (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: وڵات پارێزی (wllat parêzî)

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

• Kyrgyz: улутчулдук (ky) (ulutculduk)
• 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: nazzjonaliżmu m, nazionalismu m
• Marathi: राष्ट्रवाद m (rāṣṭravād)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: үндсэрхэг үзэл (ündserxeg üzel)

• Norman: nâtionnalisme m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: nasjonalisme (no) m

• Occitan: nacionalisme (oc) m
• Pashto: ملتپالنه f (melatpālǝna), مليت پرستي f (milyatparasti), ناسيوناليزم m (nāsionālizǝm), نشنليزم m (nešnalizᶕm), نېشنلېزم m (nešnalizǝm), قوم پرستي f (qawmparasti)
• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ناسْیونالیسْم (fa) (nâsyonâlism), مِلّی‌گَرایی (melli-garâyi), مِلَّت‌گَرایی (mellat-garâyi)

• Polish: nacjonalizm (pl) m
• Portuguese: nacionalismo (pt) m
• Punjabi: ਕੌਮਪ੍ਰਸਤੀ (kaumprastī)
• Romanian: naționalism (ro) n

  Cyrillic: националисм n (naționalism)

• Russian: национали́зм (ru) 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, nasyonalismo
• Tajik: миллатчигӣ (millatčigi), миллатгароӣ (millatgaroyi‍)
• Tatar: милләтчелек (tt) (millätçelek)
• Thai: ชาตินิยม (th) (châat-ní-yom)
• Turkish: milliyetçilik (tr), ulusçuluk (tr), yurtseverlik (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
• Welsh: cenedlaetholdeb f
• 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

• isolationist

Further reading

• nationalism on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• antimonials, laminations

Swedish

Noun

nationalism c

1. nationalism

Declension

Declension of nationalism

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	nationalism	nationalisms
	definite	nationalismen	nationalismens
plural	indefinite	nationalismer	nationalismers
	definite	nationalismerna	nationalismernas

Related terms

• nation
• nationalist
• nationalistisk
• nationalitet
• nationell

Further reading

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