nationalist

American  

[nash-uh-nl-ist, nash-nuh-list] / ˈnæʃ ə nl ɪst, ˈnæʃ nə lɪst /

noun

1. a person devoted to nationalism.

2. (initial capital letter) a member of a political group advocating or fighting for national independence, a strong national government, etc.

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adjective

1. Also nationalistic. of, relating to, or promoting nationalism.

   the beginnings of a nationalist movement.

2. (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or noting a political group advocating or fighting for national independence, a strong national government, etc.

Other Word Forms

• antinationalist noun
• antinationalistic adjective
• antinationalistically adverb
• hypernationalistic adjective
• nationalistically adverb
• nonnationalistic adjective
• nonnationalistically adverb
• pronationalist adjective
• pronationalistic adjective
• quasi-nationalistic adjective
• seminationalistic adjective
• unnationalistic adjective
• unnationalistically adverb

Etymology

Origin of nationalist

First recorded in 1705–15; national + -ist

Example Sentences

German nationalists have never fully forgiven America for World War II. Nor for the cultural competition, from hamburgers’ supplanting bratwurst to the omnipresence of American films and music.

From The Wall Street Journal

This outlook is even quite common among nationalist supporters.

From BBC

The diplomatic row began when the US embassy to France posted comments on social media about the murder of far-right nationalist Quentin Deranque.

From BBC

In other words, they want to separate the intensely nationalist and heavily commercialized Olympic movement from the crucial mission of preventing abuse in amateur sports.

From Salon

“Manifest Destiny gets coined as a term, and you had this nationalist, expansionist mindset.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• superpatriot