ultranationalist

[uhl-truh-nash-uh-nl-ist]

noun

1. an advocate of ultranationalism.

adjective

1. Also ultranationalistic. of or relating to ultranationalism or ultranationalists.

Other Word Forms

• ultranationalistically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of ultranationalist¹

First recorded in 1925–30; ultra- + nationalist

Example Sentences

Israel's army is currently embroiled in a legal and political scandal around leaked video footage allegedly showing the abuse of Palestinian detainees - a case that has pitted ultranationalist politicians against the country's security forces.

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The 11th-grade version describes Ukraine as an ultranationalist state and claims, without evidence, that the U.S. opened secret biolaboratories on Ukrainian territory in the buildup to the war.

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This week, ultranationalist ministers in the Israeli parliament gave preliminary approval to a bill granting Israel authority to annex the West Bank — a largely symbolic move that appears to have been an attempt to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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“The Palestinian state is being erased from the table not by slogans but by deeds,” said Bezalel Smotrich, the ultranationalist finance minister in Netanyahu’s government, after the August approval.

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Itamar Ben-Gvir, an ultranationalist minister in Netanyahu’s government who was against any truce with Hamas, said fighting should resume “with maximum force.”

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