Nationalistic
[nash-uh-nl-ist, nash-nuh-list] /ˈnæʃ ə nl ɪst, ˈnæʃ nə lɪst/
noun
1.
a person devoted to .
2.
(initial capital letter) a member of a political group advocating or fighting for independence, a strong government, etc.
adjective
3.
Also, nationalistic. of, relating to, or promoting :
the beginnings of a nationalist movement.
4.
(initial capital letter) of, relating to, or noting a political group advocating or fighting for independence, a strong government, etc.
n.
“one devoted to his nation,” 1715, from national in a now obsolete sense of “patriotic” (1711) + -ist. Related: Nationalistic; nationalistically.
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