nationalistn.adj.
/ˈnaʃn̩əlɪst/, /ˈnaʃn̩l̩ɪst/, /ˈnaʃənl̩ɪst/, /ˈnaʃ(ə)nəlɪst/, U.S. /ˈnæʃ(ə)nələst/ A. n.† 1. An adherent or advocate of a national church. Obsolete. rare.† 2. A person considered as belonging to a particular nationality; a typical representative of a particular nationality. Obsolete. rare.† 3. Theology. A believer in nationalism (nationalism n. 3). Obsolete. rare.
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society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > nationalism > [noun] > nationalist
nationalist1715
1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ Contents A Low Nationalist of the Calvinistical Establishment.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 335 Mutual upbraiding.., which appears the more Melancholy because the less Curable; especially amongst our Nationalists and Toleratists.
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the world > people > nations > national of a country > [noun]
landmanOE
countrymanc1300
subject1397
countrywoman1582
nationalist1817
1817 J. Evans Excursion to Windsor 49 A question was debated, which nationalist of Europe had the greatest ingenuity... Heidegger claimed that character for the Swiss.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > salvation, redemption > doctrine of salvation > [noun] > nationalism > person
nationalist1846
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Nationalist, one who holds to the election of nations in contradistinction to individuals.
4. An adherent or advocate of nationalism (nationalism n. 1a); an advocate of national independence or self-determination. With capital initial: a member of a particular nationalist political party (see sense B. 1).
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > Irish politics > [noun] > principles or policies > adherents or supporters of
unionist1799
West Briton1805
repealer1829
nationalist1849
Home Ruler1867
loyalist1885
Little Irelander1900
devolutionist1905
N1906
partitionist1921
society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > autonomism > adherent of
autonomist1819
nationalist1849
Free Stater1865
neo-nationalist1933
1849 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Mar. 235 If..the nationalists see how their system can be brought about, let them do it themselves.
1873 Spectator 23 Aug. 1059/1 Prince Bismarck also observed that concession would encourage the Polish nationalists.
1893 Times 26 Apr. 9/4 The Nationalists, in short, are to call the tune and the people of this country are to pay the piper.
1933 Star (Johannesburg) 2 May 5 Mr Vorster said..he was still a Nationalist, but now supported General Smuts as strongly as any S.A.P. man.
1967 J. Horton in Trans-action Apr. 12/2 He has listened to the Muslims, and he is not a black nationalist.
1999 Khaleej Times 7 Nov. 12/5 Those were the days when radical nationalists had the ear of much of the population.
B. adj.
1. Usually with capital initial. In the names of various political parties or groups claiming adherence to or support for the national interests (chiefly in Nationalist Party): = national adj. 4c. Also: belonging to or supporting such a party or its policies.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [noun] > types of party generally (in various countries)
country party1648
war-party1798
Conservative Party1830
Progressive Party1830
national party1847
Labour Party1850
Nationalist Party1884
Social Credit1935
Third Force1936
third force1956
demandeur1966
People's Power1974
Green Party1977
society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > a party > [adjective] > types of party generally
patrician1813
national1828
progressive1830
progressist1843
conservative1845
republican1873
nationalist1884
mobilist1966
green1973
1884 Sat. Rev. 14 June 768/2 It is contended by the Government henchmen that there is..a strong Romanist and Nationalist..party in Ulster.
1899 Daily News 25 Jan. 4/6 The Irish people..returning Nationalist Town and District Councils.
1953 E. P. Dvorin Racial Separation in S. Afr. viii. 133 The Nationalist Government in the implementation of apartheid is looking to the Ciskeian and Transkeian councils.
2001 New Republic 12 Feb. 31/3 Leon's Democratic Party..managed to recapture that majority by forming what some consider a devil's bargain with its former enemies, the Nationalist Party.
2. Of, relating to, or characterized by nationalism (nationalism n. 1a); = nationalistic adj.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [adjective] > relating to autonomism
autonomian1854
autonomistica1870
autonomist1871
nationalist1907
neo-nationalist1918
1907 G. B. Shaw John Bull's Other Island Pref. p. xxxv Every judge is a partisan in the nationalist conflict; every speech is a dreary recapitulation of nationalist twaddle.
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. vii. [Aeolus] 130 Great nationalist meeting in Borris-in-Ossory.
1965 A. J. P. Taylor Eng. Hist. 1914–45 xv. 560 There had always been a suspicion that Churchill was only fighting a nationalist war against Germany, not an ideological war against ‘fascism’.
1996 Daily Yomiuri (Tokyo) 28 Apr. 3/1 Spain's center-right Popular Party..has struck a deal with nationalist Catalans.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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