nationalism
English
Etymology
From French nationalisme. Surface etymology is national + -ism.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnæʃənəlɪzəm/
Audio (UK) (file)
Noun
nationalism (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisms)
- Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture.
- 2017, Meir Litvak, Constructing Nationalism in Iran:
- Following the 1979 Revolution, Khomeini came out against nationalism.
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- Support for the creation of a sovereign nation (which does not currently exist).
- Basque nationalism
- Kurdish nationalism
- (UK, Ireland) Support for the union of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Antonyms
Hypernyms
- sectionalism; any geopolitical group pursuing its own interest
Hyponyms
- jingoism; aggressive warlike nationalism
- ethnonationalism; nationalism on the basis of ethnicity
- ultranationalism
Derived terms
- gastronationalism
- metanationalism
- micronationalism
Translations
idea of supporting one's country and culture
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support for the creation of a new sovereign nation
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support for the unification of Ireland
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support of one nation's interests to the exclusion of others — see jingoism
See also
Swedish
Declension
| Declension of nationalism | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | nationalism | nationalismen | nationalismer | nationalismerna |
| Genitive | nationalisms | nationalismens | nationalismers | nationalismernas |
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