nationalisticadj.
/ˌnaʃn̩əˈlɪstɪk/, /ˌnaʃn̩lˈɪstɪk/, /ˌnaʃənlˈɪstɪk/, /ˌnaʃ(ə)nəˈlɪstɪk/, U.S. /ˈˌnæʃ(ə)nəˈlɪstɪk/ Characterized by nationalism; espousing a nationalist ideology.
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nationalistic1855
nationist1922
1855 tr. P. Schaff America 139 For it is not to be denied, that this Puritanic worship, with all its nationalistic nakedness and its barrenness for the imagination and the heart, has yet its excellences.
1866 Visct. Strangford Select. from Writings (1869) I. 98 She..seeks to conciliate the nationalistic sympathies and projects of her South-Slavonic or Illyro-Servian populations.
1925 Mississippi Valley Hist. Rev. 12 414 The desire to make politically effective the northern majority and the demand for a more vigorously nationalistic government.
1959 Stud. in Renaissance 6 166 This is not to say, however, that Sforza and Pius II were ‘nationalistic’ while Cosimo felt no Italian ‘patriotism’.
2000 TVQuick 13 May 34/1 We're not so gripped by nationalistic fervour as to reckon that [the] UK entrant..is in with much of a shout.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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