nationalist

English

Etymology

From national +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnæʃ.ə.nə.lɪst/, /ˈnæʃ.nə.lɪst/, /ˈnæʃ.ə.lɪst/
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Adjective

nationalist (comparative more nationalist, superlative most nationalist)

  1. Of or relating to nationalism.
    • 2013 November, Tilman Dedering, “‘Avenge the Lusitania’: The Anti-German Riots in South Africa in 1915”, in Immigrants & Minorities, volume 31, number 3, →DOI, pages 256–288:
      The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions.
    • 2018 October 23, Doug Criss, “The definition of a nationalist”, in CNN[1]:
      Nationalism has been on the rise worldwide, as evidenced by the success of nationalist political parties in Europe.

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  • neo-nationalist

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Noun

nationalist (plural nationalists)

  1. An advocate of nationalism.
    You are either a globalist or a nationalist; one cannot be both.
    • 2011, Gerard Toal, Carl T Dahlman, Bosnia Remade, page 53:
      The dilemma arose from what nationalists perceived as an intolerable disjuncture between the broad geographical extent of Serbdom—the imagined community of Serbs—and the Serbian state as a territorial homeland.
    • 2019 February 21, Guy Verhofstadt, “A Trump trade war with Europe would hurt the trans-Atlantic relationship”, in CNN[2]:
      It also would cut deeply into the trans-Atlantic alliance at the worst possible time by giving anti-American, anti-capitalist nationalists and protectionists in Europe a platform to thrive. Anti-American sentiment will grow, and Europe risks a retreat to protectionism. Those of us who make the case for the trans-Atlantic alliance will have a much harder job.

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Danish

Noun

nationalist c (singular definite nationalisten, plural indefinite nationalister)

  1. nationalist

Declension

Declension of nationalist
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nationalist nationalisten nationalister nationalisterne
genitive nationalists nationalistens nationalisters nationalisternes

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

nationalist m or f (plural nationalisten, diminutive nationalistje n)

  1. nationalist

Swedish

Etymology

national- +‎ -ist

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /natɧʊnaˈlɪst/

Noun

nationalist c

  1. nationalist

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