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Webster 1913 Edition
Nationalism
Na′tion-al-ism
,Noun.
1.
The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.
2.
An idiom, trait, or character peculiar to any nation.
3.
National independence; the principles of the Nationalists.
Definition 2024
nationalism
nationalism
English
Noun
nationalism (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisms)
- Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture.
- Support for the creation of a sovereign nation (which does not currently exist).
- Basque nationalism, Kurdish nationalism
- (Britain, Ireland) Support for the union of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
- Jingoism; the support of one nation's interests to the exclusion of others; the hatred of other nations.
Translations
idea of supporting one's country and culture
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Derived terms
- ethnonationalism
- metanationalism
- micronationalism