单词 | scottish nationalism |
释义 | Scottish nationalismn. Advocacy of or support for the interests of Scotland, often by seeking national independence (also with lower-case initial in the second element); spec. the political programme or ideals of the Scottish National Party. Cf. Scottish nationalist adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > British politics > British party politics > [noun] > nationalist parties > principles of Scottish nationalism1851 1851 Morning Chron. 22 Oct. 7/5 The abrogation of the distinctive features of Scottish nationalism. 1892 Daily News 6 July 4/7 In regard to what was called Scotch Home Rule, or what he [sc. Gladstone] preferred to call Scottish Nationalism, he was not at all certain that Scotland yet knew definitively and deliberately her own mind. 1929 Hartford (Connecticut) Courant 5 May 4 John MacCormick, candidate on the platform of ‘Scottish Nationalism’, demands a Scottish parliament and a Scottish state bank for the bonnie land north of Tweed. 1953 E. Simon Past Masters iv. 246 Scottish Nationalism, as I see it, is an absurdity. 1982 Guardian 17 Sept. 28/4 Mrs. Margo MacDonald, the former MP who helped to push Scottish Nationalism to the forefront of British politics. 2004 Gazette (Montreal) 9 Feb. d5 It seems that Scottish nationalism leaves Connolly cold—especially the Sean Connery brand of Scottish nationalism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1851 |
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