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adjective

nationalistic adj.

Fanatically patriotic; chauvinistic.

Synonyms: chauvinistic, flag-waving(prenominal), jingoistic, superpatriotic.

Devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others; as, minor nationalistic differences.

Synonyms: nationalist.

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Etymology of 'Nationalistic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nationalistic" Quotes from Famous Books

... won, or wrested their independence during that period. Others appear to be on the verge of doing so. At any rate, it is clear that in the decades ahead the world is going to see the rise of even more independent nations with strong nationalistic feelings. ...

— The Practical Values of Space Exploration • Committee on Science and Astronautics

... political intelligence, practical and cool, will save him from all exaggeration in this course. The notable increase of German armaments which supervenes at the moment of M. Poincare's entrance at the Elysee will increase the danger of a too nationalistic orientation of the policy ...

— The European Anarchy • G. Lowes Dickinson

... his political career. His birth in 1782 just after the Revolution, and in South Carolina, gave him the opportunity to share in the victory that the West and the far South won over the Virginians, headed by Madison. His training at Yale gave a nationalistic bias to his early career, and determined that search for the via media between consolidation and anarchy which resulted in the doctrine of nullification. His service in Congress and as Secretary of ...

— Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 7 • Various

... in peace and war, the combination of interests, known as the I.G., has successfully pursued an intensely nationalistic and aggressive chemical policy. We might ignore what some have regarded as the sinister side of the I.G. activities, considering the whole as a wonderful monument to German science, thoroughness and patriotism, which it undoubtedly is in many respects. But the significance ...

— by Victor LeFebure • J. Walker McSpadden

... "salvation is of the Jews."[41] "Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel."[42] A nationalistic and partial spirit is expressed in these sentences, a spirit that has been followed to the extent that Jesus would not be permitted to enter America if he applied for ...

— The Mistakes of Jesus • William Floyd

... out of such an experience precisely what one wishes to pick out: the imbecile hatred in the Teuton—the perfidy of the British—the efficiency or the blundering of the German—or perchance the foolhardiness of the American, just as his nationalistic ...

— In the Claws of the German Eagle • Albert Rhys Williams

Words linked to "Nationalistic" : national, nationalist, jingoistic, patriotic, flag-waving, nationalism, ultranationalistic, loyal, chauvinistic