nationalistic

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English national

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English nationalist

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English nationalistic

From nationalist + -ic.

Adjective

nationalistic (comparative more nationalistic, superlative most nationalistic)

1. Of, relating to, or advocating nationalism.
   • 1945, George Orwell, Notes on Nationalism:

     Nationalistic attachment to the coloured races is usually mixed up with the belief that their sex lives are superior, and there is a large underground mythology about the sexual prowess of Negroes.

Synonyms

• nationalist

Derived terms

• antinationalistic
• hypernationalistic
• micronationalistic
• nationalistically
• nonnationalistic
• ultranationalistic
• unnationalistic

Translations

of, relating to, or advocating nationalism — see nationalist