nationalism
A more extreme form of patriotism; the idea of a more extreme support for one's country, people or culture.
Example
“Communists, socialists, and Islamists are against nationalism.”
Other meanings
Support for the creation of a sovereign nation (which does not currently exist).
“Basque nationalism”
Support for the union of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Related words
- binationalism
- cybernationalism
- feminationalism
- femonationalism
- heteronationalism
- homonationalism
- hypernationalism
- linguonationalism
- neonationalism
- postnationalism
- supernationalism
- ablenationalism
Word history
From French "nationalisme".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “nationalism” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.