Definition of nationalistic in English:
nationalistic
adjective ˌnaʃ(ə)nlˈɪstɪkˌnaʃənlˈɪstɪkˌnaʃ(ə)nəˈlɪstɪkˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)lˈɪstɪk
Having or expressing strong identification with one's own nation and vigorous support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
he was fiercely nationalistic
Example sentencesExamples
- This is neither an issue of political affiliation or nationalistic loyalty.
- His nationalistic tone and speeches against the European Union became ever louder.
- Not to mention that religion and media moguls propagate the popularity of that nationalistic pride that most Americans have.
- The political movement in which it was based became increasingly nationalistic and isolationist.
- They said it was nationalistic, jingoistic, imperialistic and represented a bad and unjust past.
Synonyms
patriotic, nationalist, loyal to one's country, pro one's country
Derivatives
adverb
I get almost nationalistically proud when I say that any other country with similar economic and social circumstances would not have done better.
Example sentencesExamples
- We get frustrated when the work is defined nationalistically.
- The work springs less from a religious inspiration than a nationalistically poetic one.
- Meanwhile, groups that behave nationalistically reap the group-specific benefits of behaving in the insular way that nationalism encourages.
- Instead, the world is becoming more polarised - economically, nationalistically, religiously.
- Not much moral sensitivity is needed to appreciate that, and poetry is seldom improved by stating the obvious, especially when it is nationalistically self-serving.
Definition of nationalistic in US English:
nationalistic
adjectiveˌnaSH(ə)n(ə)lˈistikˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)lˈɪstɪk
Having or expressing strong identification with one's own nation and vigorous support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations.
he was fiercely nationalistic
Example sentencesExamples
- This is neither an issue of political affiliation or nationalistic loyalty.
- Not to mention that religion and media moguls propagate the popularity of that nationalistic pride that most Americans have.
- His nationalistic tone and speeches against the European Union became ever louder.
- The political movement in which it was based became increasingly nationalistic and isolationist.
- They said it was nationalistic, jingoistic, imperialistic and represented a bad and unjust past.
Synonyms
patriotic, nationalist, loyal to one's country, pro one's country