ultranationalist

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

/ ˌʌl trəˈnæʃ ə nl ɪst /

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noun

an advocate of ultranationalism.

adjective

Also ul·tra·na·tion·al·is·tic. of or relating to ultranationalism or ultranationalists.

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Origin of ultranationalist

First recorded in 1925–30; ultra- + nationalist

ul·tra·na·tion·al·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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He has thrust two right-wing eggs—the national religious and secular ultranationalist—into the same basket.
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