nationalism
English edit
Etymology edit
From French nationalisme. By surface analysis, national + -ism.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nationalism (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisms)
- Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture.
- 1927 May, Quincy Wright, “Bolshevist Influences in China”, in Current History[1], volume XXVI, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 300, column 1:
- Perhaps the explanation of the Chinese situation most generally accepted by historians is nationalism, a phenomenon which has always occurred when a people of distinctive cultural characteristics becomes aware of foreign domination. Napoleonic domination in Italy and Germany a century ago created nationalism there, as did Turkish domination in the Balkans and the Arab countries.
- 2017, Meir Litvak, Constructing Nationalism in Iran:
- Following the 1979 Revolution, Khomeini came out against nationalism.
- 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 edit
Hypernyms edit
- sectionalism; any geopolitical group pursuing its own interest
Hyponyms edit
- jingoism; aggressive warlike nationalism
- ethnonationalism; nationalism on the basis of ethnicity
- ultranationalism
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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
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Anagrams edit
Swedish edit
Noun edit
nationalism c
Declension edit
Declension of nationalism | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | nationalism | nationalismen | nationalismer | nationalismerna |
Genitive | nationalisms | nationalismens | nationalismers | nationalismernas |