Meaning

3 senses

  1. (countable, uncountable)A more extreme form of patriotism; the idea of a more extreme support for one's country, people or culture.

    Communists, socialists, and Islamists are against nationalism.

    Nationalismus

    национали́змnacionalízm

    націоналі́змnacionalízm

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

    Basque nationalism

    Kurdish nationalism

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

More definitions
  • the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other
  • the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals
  • the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination
  • love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

Examples

34 sentences

  1. Nationalism is the greatest enemy Europe has today.

    Націоналізм назараз - найстрашніший ворог Європи. — shanghainese

    hoffmania · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Nationalism is dumb.

    Націоналізм — це тупо. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC0 · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. Nationalism is stupid.

    Націоналізм — це тупо. — deniko

    shekitten · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. You can't equate nationalism with fascism.

    ruНельзя отождествлять национализм с фашизмом. — Balamax

    deMan kann Nationalismus nicht mit Faschismus gleichsetzen. — Dani6187

    Dejo · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Their nationalism was one cause of the war.

    Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
idea of supporting one’s country and culture:
Русский
By meaning 1
idea of supporting one’s country and culture:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
idea of supporting one’s country and culture:

Origin

Borrowed from French nationalisme, equivalent to national + -ism.

Borrowed from French nationalisme, equivalent to national + -ism.

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Forms

plural: nationalisms
Singularnationalism
Pluralnationalisms

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it:patriotism

Antonyms

4 antonyms
internationalismantinationalismcosmopolitanism
Irish nationalism:unionism

Word family

25 related words
RelatednationalistB1isolationistnationalistic
Derivedablenationalismanarcho-nationalismbinationalismcivic nationalismcybernationalismeconomic nationalismfeminationalismfemonationalismgastronationalismheteronationalismhomonationalismhypernationalismlinguonationalismmicronationalismneonationalismneo-techno-nationalismpan-nationalismpostnationalismsupernationalismtechno-nationalismvaccine nationalismwhite nationalism

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nationA2nationalA2nationalistB1nationalityA1nationalize
nationalism — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto