ethnonationalism

ethnonationalism noun: a type of nationalism which defines the nation in terms of a shared ethnicity.

Noun

ethnonationalism (countable and uncountable, plural ethnonationalisms)

A type of nationalism which defines the nation in terms of a shared ethnicity.
- It risks triteness to note that during the past two decades ethnonationalism has been an extremely consequential force throughout the first, second, and third worlds.1987, Walker Connor, “Ethnonationalism”, in Understanding Political Development: an Analytic Study, Little, Brown, →ISBN, page 196
- This ultimate concern underscores the elitist, bourgeois and ultimately conservative dimension that is one of the several faces of Catalan ethnonationalism, although in fact throughout its history the movement has a history of 'pacting' across class lines.1998, William A. Douglass, “A western perspective on an eastern interpretation of where north meets south: Pyrenean borderland cultures”, in Nation and State at International Frontiers, Cambridge...

As central Party control weakened, independence demands grew in other republike, inspired in part by local ethnonationalisms and fear of living in a Yugoslavia dominated by Serbian ethnonationalists.2010, Moira Inghilleri, Sue-Ann Harding, Translation and Violent Conflict, page 228:
Since 1863 Polish 'National Democrats' like Roman Dmowski had abandoned the idea of a multinational commonwealth for a more 'modem' Polish ethnonationalism.2011, Andrew Wilson, Belarus: The Last European Dictatorship, Yale University Press, →ISBN, page 157:
Breivik’s killing spree was “largely anger, because I feared that his actions would harm not just Norwegian ethnonationalism but white nationalism around the world.”2019 November 4, Liam Stack, quoting Greg Johnson, “American White Nationalist Is Arrested in Norway”, in The New York Times, →ISSN...
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, ethnonationalism has taken center stage.2021 November 17, Srecko Latal, “Bosnia Is On the Brink of Breaking Up”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Nov...

plural	ethnonationalisms
alternative form	ethno-nationalism

From ethno- + nationalism.

What does ethnonationalism mean?: Ethnonationalism means a type of nationalism which defines the nation in terms of a shared ethnicity.
What is ethnonationalism in Hindi?: Ethnonationalism in Hindi is नृतावाद (nŕtāvād). See Ethnonationalism meaning in Hindi.
How do you use ethnonationalism in a sentence?: As central Party control weakened, independence demands grew in other republike, inspired in part by local ethnonationalisms and fear of living in a Yugoslavia dominated by Serbian ethnonationalists.
What part of speech is ethnonationalism?: Ethnonationalism is a noun.
What is the plural of ethnonationalism?: The plural of ethnonationalism is ethnonationalisms.

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