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nationalist

I

noun

1. one who loves and defends his or her country

• Syn: ↑patriot

• Derivationally related forms: ↑nationalism

• Hypernyms: ↑national, ↑subject

• Hyponyms: ↑chauvinist, ↑jingoist, ↑jingo, ↑flag-waver, ↑hundred-percenter, ↑patrioteer

• Instance Hyponyms:

↑Garibaldi, ↑Giuseppe Garibaldi, ↑Gonne, ↑Maud Gonne, ↑Kosciusko, ↑Thaddeus Kosciusko, ↑Kosciuszko, ↑Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko, ↑Mazzini, ↑Giuseppe Mazzini

2. an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government

• Derivationally related forms: ↑nationalism

• Hypernyms: ↑advocate, ↑advocator, ↑proponent, ↑exponent

• Hyponyms: ↑nationalist leader

II

adjective

devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others

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nationalist aspirations

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minor nationalistic differences

• Syn: ↑nationalistic

• Similar to: ↑national

Useful english dictionary. 2012.