nationalism

From French nationalisme. By surface analysis, national +‎ -ism.

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæʃənəlɪzəm/

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nationalism (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisms)

1. Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture.
   • 1927 May, Quincy Wright, “Bolshevist Influences in China”, in Current History‎, volume XXVI, number 2, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 300, column 1:

     Perhaps the explanation of the Chinese situation most generally accepted by historians is nationalism, a phenomenon which has always occurred when a people of distinctive cultural characteristics becomes aware of foreign domination. Napoleonic domination in Italy and Germany a century ago created nationalism there, as did Turkish domination in the Balkans and the Arab countries.

   • 2017, Meir Litvak, Constructing Nationalism in Iran:

     Following the 1979 Revolution, Khomeini came out against nationalism.

2. Support for the creation of a sovereign nation (which does not currently exist).

   Basque nationalism

   Kurdish nationalism

3. (UK, Ireland) Support for the union of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

• internationalism
• antinationalism
• cosmopolitanism

• sectionalism; any geopolitical group pursuing its own interest

• jingoism; aggressive warlike nationalism
• ethnonationalism; nationalism on the basis of ethnicity
• ultranationalism

• nationalist
• isolationist

• antimonials, laminations

nationalism c

1. nationalism

• nation
• nationalist
• nationalistisk
• nationalitet
• nationell

• nationalism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nationalism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nationalism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)