nationalism

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English

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Etymology

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From French nationalisme. By surface analysis, national +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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nationalism (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisms)

  1. Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture.
    • 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.
  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

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Hypernyms

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  • sectionalism; any geopolitical group pursuing its own interest

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Derived terms

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Translations

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See also

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Anagrams

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Noun

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nationalism c

  1. nationalism

Declension

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