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/nˈæʃənəlˌɪzəm/ Listen

noun

Nationalism n.

The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.

An idiom, trait, or character peculiar to any nation.

National independence; the principles of the Nationalists.

A devotion to one's country; patriotism; especially. An exaggerated or excessive form of patriotism; chauvinism.

The policy of advocating the independence of one's country.

The policy of advocating the interests of one's own country exclusively, regardless of effects of a country's actions on other countries.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Nationalism" Quotes from Famous Books

... of success, the stronger are the conflicts of interest and jealousy and hatred which are aroused in men's minds, thereby making it more and more necessary for other peoples, who are still living, to stiffen into nations. With the growth of nationalism, man has become the greatest menace to man. Therefore the continual presence of panic goads that very ...

— Creative Unity • Rabindranath Tagore

... "Gattamelata," the greatest of all equestrian statues. It could not well have these qualities in the same degree, its motive being what it is, but they are, perhaps, not ill exchanged for the character and the nationalism so marked in horse and rider and for the irresistible onward rush of movement never more adequately expressed. In all other respects the group seems to me almost beyond criticism. The composition—composition, now, in the round and to be considered from many points of view—builds ...

— Artist and Public - And Other Essays On Art Subjects • Kenyon Cox

... struggling for their separate existence; great areas of backward peoples viewed as subjects for exploitation; we ourselves aloof. It must then choose between a future world order based on dominance, which means world empire; a world order based on nationalism joined with the non-social type of competition, which means, every nation the judge of its own interests, continuance of jealousies and from time to time the recurrence of war; and a world order based on nationalism plus international cooperation, "to establish ...

— The Ethics of Coperation • James Hayden Tufts

... personality. I think it highly probable that future scholars and critics will find his work fully as significant and era-marking as that of any of the few supreme names of the past. It is the culmination of an age of individualism, and, as opposites meet, it is also the best lesson in nationalism and universal charity that ...

— Whitman - A Study • John Burroughs

... discussed the collapse of the Social Democrats in the hour of crisis, the triumph of nationalism over internationalism. She attributes it to military training. During the period of service a man becomes a thing. Automatically, he acquires habits of obedience, is reduced to an unquestioning machine. Mechanically, when the call came, the Social Democrats, ...

— The Better Germany in War Time - Being some Facts towards Fellowship • Harold Picton

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