nationism
UK/ˈneɪʃənɪz(ə)m/
nationism noun: the practical concerns of running a nation, especially seen as divorced from emotional beliefs about national identity.
Noun
nationism (countable and uncountable, plural nationisms)
- The practical concerns of running a nation, especially seen as divorced from emotional beliefs about national identity.
- In determining language policies, Fishman contends that a country needs to balance the concerns of nationalism (the feelings that develop from a sense of group identity) and nationism (the practical concerns of governing).1992, Sandra McKay, Teaching English Overseas: an Introduction, page 9
- For these nations language was a prior criterion of national identity, in the sense of ‘nationalism’, and only later became and issue at the level of ‘nation’, once these societies had made the transition from nationalism to nationism.2002, Tim Ingold, Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology, page 544
Forms of nationism
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Origin of nationism
From nation + -ism, by Joshua Fishman, 1968.
Words formed from nationism
Questions about nationism
- What does nationism mean?
- Nationism means the practical concerns of running a nation, especially seen as divorced from emotional beliefs about national identity.
- What part of speech is nationism?
- Nationism is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nationism?
- Nationism is pronounced /ˈneɪʃənɪz(ə)m/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nationism?
- The plural of nationism is nationisms.
Words near nationism in the dictionary
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