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as in patriotic
having or showing love and support for one's country
a nationalistic display of the country's flag at all civic events
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as in nationalist
having or showing excessive favoritism towards one's own country
a nationalistic economic policy that raises up enormous barriers against the importation of goods from other countries
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Recent Examples of nationalistic
An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
In the highly nationalistic climate of interwar Poland, the Jews’ traditional survival strategies—avoiding politics, accepting blows without retaliation—have stopped working.
—Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
This direction is far from assured, but neither is a planet-wide retreat into nationalistic trenches.
—Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Yet in the years after World War II, many Germans were in varying degrees unrepentant, nationalistic or self-justifying.
—Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
In the highly nationalistic climate of interwar Poland, the Jews’ traditional survival strategies—avoiding politics, accepting blows without retaliation—have stopped working.
—Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
This direction is far from assured, but neither is a planet-wide retreat into nationalistic trenches.
—Mariana Mazzucato, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Yet in the years after World War II, many Germans were in varying degrees unrepentant, nationalistic or self-justifying.
—Gary J. Bass, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nationalistic
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Swit played the patriotic head nurse, but had no friends among the hospital staff.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
10 May 2025
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Tens of thousands of patriotic Russians are expected to line the streets, applauding as tanks and intercontinental ballistic missile launchers rumble past.—
Matthew Chance,
CNN Money,
8 May 2025
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Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi has pushed a more uncompromising position on the contested land.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
14 May 2025
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Image The push to call it the Arabian Gulf gathered steam during the Pan-Arab nationalist movement of the late 1950s.—
Farnaz Fassihi,
New York Times,
11 May 2025
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“Nationalistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nationalistic. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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