nationalist
/ˈnæʃ.ə.nə.lɪst/
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proscribed/ˈnæʃ.ə.lɪst/
nationalist adjective: of or relating to nationalism.
Adjective
nationalist (comparative more nationalist, superlative most nationalist)
- Of or relating to nationalism.
- The anti-German riots which erupted simultaneously in many countries in response to the torpedoing of the Lusitania by a German U-boat in 1915 reflected shifts in the status of minorities in multi-ethnic societies at a time of escalating nationalist emotions.2013 November, Tilman Dedering, “‘Avenge the Lusitania’: The Anti-German Riots in South Africa in 1915”, in Immigrants & Minorities, volume 31, number 3, →DOI, pages 256–288
- Nationalism has been on the rise worldwide, as evidenced by the success of nationalist political parties in Europe.2018 October 23, Doug Criss, “The definition of a nationalist”, in CNN
Noun (1)
nationalist (plural nationalists)
- An advocate of nationalism.
- You are either a globalist or a nationalist; one cannot be both.
- The dilemma arose from what nationalists perceived as an intolerable disjuncture between the broad geographical extent of Serbdom—the imagined community of Serbs—and the Serbian state as a territorial homeland.2011, Gerard Toal, Carl T Dahlman, Bosnia Remade, page 53
Noun (2) capitalized: Nationalist
Nationalist (plural Nationalists)
- A member of the South African National Party during the 20th century.
nationalist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nationalist in Hindi
- of or relating to nationalism
- राष्ट्रवादी rāṣṭravādī
- advocate of nationalism
- राष्ट्रवादी rāṣṭravādī
nationalist in Tamil
- தேசியவாதி, தேசிய
nationalist in Marathi
- of or relating to nationalism
- राष्ट्रवादी rāṣṭravādī
- advocate of nationalism
- राष्ट्रवादी rāṣṭravādī
nationalist in Urdu
- nationalist
- قوم پرست qaum-parast
More languagesFewer languages
- nationalist in Bengali
- জাতীয়তাবাদী, জাতীয়তাবাদ সম্পর্কিত
- nationalist in Malayalam
- സ്വരാജ്യസ്നേഹി, ദേശീയവാദി
- nationalist in Kannada
- ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರೀಯತಾವಾದಿ, ದೇಶೀಯತಾವಾದಿ, ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರವಾದಿ, ದೇಶಭಕ್ತ
- nationalist in Punjabi
- ਕੌਮਪ੍ਰਸਤ kaumprasat
- nationalist in Arabic
- قَوْمِيّ qawmiyy, قَوْمِيَّة qawmiyya
- nationalist in Malay
- faham kebangsaan, nasionalisme, nasionalis, nasionalistik
- nationalist in Thai
- ผู้รักชาติ pûu-rák-châat
Examples of nationalist in a sentence
- He is a Scottish nationalist and has a large collection of separatist literature.
- The news report was slanted in favor of the nationalists.
- Once derided as a nationalist conspiracy theory, collusion is by now an undeniable fact.
Antonyms of nationalist
Forms of nationalist
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more nationalist |
| superlative | most nationalist |
| Noun | |
| plural | nationalists |
| plural | Nationalists |
Origin of nationalist
From national + -ist.
Words formed from nationalist
- antinationalist
- archnationalist
- binationalist
- black nationalist
- civic nationalist
- civnat
- cybernationalist
- ethnonationalist
- Euro-nationalist
- femonationalist
- homonationalist
- linguonationalist
- Nationalist China
- nationalistic
- neonationalist
- pronationalist
- supernationalist
- ultranationalist
- white nationalist
- wignat
Questions about nationalist
- What does nationalist mean?
- Nationalist means of or relating to nationalism.
- What is nationalist in Hindi?
- Nationalist in Hindi is राष्ट्रवादी (rāṣṭravādī). See Nationalist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nationalist?
- Nationalist can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce nationalist?
- Nationalist is pronounced /ˈnæʃ.ə.nə.lɪst/.
Words near nationalist in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: nationalist (page history and authors); Nationalist (page history and authors); nationalist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); قوم پرست (Urdu) (page history and authors); nationalist (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nationalist (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nationalist (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਕੌਮਪ੍ਰਸਤ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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