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adjective

nationalistic adj.

Fanatically patriotic; chauvinistic.

Synonyms: chauvinistic, flag-waving(prenominal), jingoistic, superpatriotic.

Devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others; as, minor nationalistic differences.

Synonyms: nationalist.

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Etymology of 'Nationalistic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nationalistic" Quotes from Famous Books

... of Suites which should be known to the music-lover. In these modern Suites no attempt is made to conform to the old conventional grouping of dances. The movements are in different keys, are often based on rhythms of an exotic or ultra-nationalistic type—as in Tchaikowsky and Dvo[vr]ak, or may employ any material suggested by the fantastic imagination of the composer—as in Debussy and Ravel. Among the most attractive modern Suites may be cited: The Peer Gynt (put together from incidental music to Ibsen's play) and ...

— Music: An Art and a Language • Walter Raymond Spalding

... within the past hundred years, its fundamentals stand to-day unchanged. It is these fundamentals, especially the assimilation of Ireland with Great Britain for legislative purposes, which are the object of relentless attack on the part of the Home Rule and other nationalistic and ...

— The Governments of Europe • Frederic Austin Ogg

... the natural outcome of His movement? Had they been the victims of foolish hopes and of a baseless ambition when they saw in Him the Christ, the one who should at this time restore again the Kingdom to Israel? They had persistently clung to this nationalistic interpretation of His work although He had never encouraged it; but it was the only meaning that they were able to see in it. And now all their expectations had collapsed, and they were left hopeless and leaderless to face the consequences ...

— Our Lady Saint Mary • J. G. H. Barry

Words linked to "Nationalistic" : superpatriotic, flag-waving, chauvinistic, nationalism, patriotic, jingoistic, loyal, national