Nationalistic
adjective
Showing a strong love and support for your own country.
His speeches have a nationalistic tone.
Often appears as...
- nationalistic sentiment
- nationalistic fervor
adjective
Promoting the interests of a particular nation, especially with a view to gaining and maintaining self-governance.
A nationalistic movement was formed to fight for independence.
Often appears as...
- nationalistic movement
- nationalistic goals
Usage tips
Academic, Political
adjective
Showing a strong love and support for your own country.
His speeches have a nationalistic tone.
Often appears as...
- nationalistic sentiment
- nationalistic fervor
adjective
Promoting the interests of a particular nation, especially with a view to gaining and maintaining self-governance.
A nationalistic movement was formed to fight for independence.
Often appears as...
- nationalistic movement
- nationalistic goals
Usage tips
Academic, Political
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Charge
Can suggest intense loyalty, potentially excluding other nations' value.
His nationalistic rhetoric sparked heated debates about patriotism.
Pro Tip 2/3Potential Extremism
Sometimes associated with extreme loyalty that may lead to intolerance.
Their nationalistic views made them wary of foreign influences.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Always Positive
While patriotic, it can imply aggression or superiority over others.
The party's nationalistic policies worried neighboring countries.
Compare with
chauvinisticethnocentrisminsulaisolatorjingoisticparochialpatrioticxenophobe
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Where on Earth Will...
those that have realized they need more migrants and those that haven't, right? And those in the former category are the smarter ones. And they're going to come out ahead in the war for young talent. TED member Heidi has a question, "We've seen that governments and countries veer nationalistic and xenophobic when there are a flood of immigrants.
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Mariana Mazzucato:...
the jobs they create will create growth so people who get those jobs and their incomes rise will come back to the state through the tax mechanism. Well, unfortunately, that's not true. Okay, it's not true because many of the jobs that are created go abroad. Globalization, and that's fine. We shouldn't be nationalistic.
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How we could change the...
We would need to build seawalls and levees to protect those people living on the coast, many of whom are too poor to build them today, which is why it must mean an end to a narrowly nationalistic geopolitics that allows us to define the suffering of those living elsewhere in the world as insignificant,
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Anil Gupta: India's...
The point is, none of us should be parochial, none of us should be so nationalistic to believe that all good ideas will come only from our country. No, we have to have the humility to learn from knowledge of economically poor people, wherever they are. And look at this whole range of cycle-based
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The Making of the...
Within a few days, with only a seven-state quorum, and only six of those states agreeing, a handful of men change the course of history. They vote to get rid of the Articles of Confederation, and write a new, more nationalistic document that becomes our Constitution. The risk is immense.
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The US is back in the...
eventually you get such a cynicism and such a backlash built up into your society that it doesn't hold together. To some degree, that is what we're seeing around the world today, is this nationalistic populism that is driven by this heightened inequality
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How American and Chinese...
important or not important or whatever skin color or nationality you are. So it is a time to be together, rather than to try to pull the world apart and crawl back to our own nationalistic shells. It's a beautiful sentiment.
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Earthrise: The Story of...
program through this base exploration of the away from the earth and away from the totally nationalistic interest with me in some way develop a closer relationship here among the people I think I firmly believe that
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A global pandemic calls...
so many countries, came together. And it took working as a global community to conquer a global pandemic. Now, I feel that we have become victims of centrifugal forces. We're in our nationalistic kind of barricades.
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Mars Up Close, Part 1:...
and without being nationalistic about this, they are all done by NASA. It's like what we do really, really well. Putting that aside--
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Where on Earth Will...
those that have realized they need more migrants and those that haven't, right? And those in the former category are the smarter ones. And they're going to come out ahead in the war for young talent. TED member Heidi has a question, "We've seen that governments and countries veer nationalistic and xenophobic when there are a flood of immigrants.
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Mariana Mazzucato:...
the jobs they create will create growth so people who get those jobs and their incomes rise will come back to the state through the tax mechanism. Well, unfortunately, that's not true. Okay, it's not true because many of the jobs that are created go abroad. Globalization, and that's fine. We shouldn't be nationalistic.
Video examples
How we could change the...
We would need to build seawalls and levees to protect those people living on the coast, many of whom are too poor to build them today, which is why it must mean an end to a narrowly nationalistic geopolitics that allows us to define the suffering of those living elsewhere in the world as insignificant,
Video examples
Anil Gupta: India's...
The point is, none of us should be parochial, none of us should be so nationalistic to believe that all good ideas will come only from our country. No, we have to have the humility to learn from knowledge of economically poor people, wherever they are. And look at this whole range of cycle-based
Video examples
The Making of the...
Within a few days, with only a seven-state quorum, and only six of those states agreeing, a handful of men change the course of history. They vote to get rid of the Articles of Confederation, and write a new, more nationalistic document that becomes our Constitution. The risk is immense.
Video examples
The US is back in the...
eventually you get such a cynicism and such a backlash built up into your society that it doesn't hold together. To some degree, that is what we're seeing around the world today, is this nationalistic populism that is driven by this heightened inequality
Video examples
How American and Chinese...
important or not important or whatever skin color or nationality you are. So it is a time to be together, rather than to try to pull the world apart and crawl back to our own nationalistic shells. It's a beautiful sentiment.
Video examples
Earthrise: The Story of...
program through this base exploration of the away from the earth and away from the totally nationalistic interest with me in some way develop a closer relationship here among the people I think I firmly believe that
Video examples
A global pandemic calls...
so many countries, came together. And it took working as a global community to conquer a global pandemic. Now, I feel that we have become victims of centrifugal forces. We're in our nationalistic kind of barricades.
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Mars Up Close, Part 1:...
and without being nationalistic about this, they are all done by NASA. It's like what we do really, really well. Putting that aside--
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Alex Haley
American Novelist
If you think about it, there's not a religious group, there's not a nationalistic group, there's not a tribe, there is no grouping of people to my knowledge, of any consequence, who have not, at one or another time, been the object of hatred, racism, or who has not had people against them just because they were them.
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Klaus Schwab
German Economist
I am an enthusiastic European, and my first-hand experience of war and hatred has strengthened that conviction. I have seen how misguided unilateral nationalistic identities have brought destruction and death. I am, however, a world citizen, too.
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Chris Matthews
American Journalist
Five years from now, 10 years from now, there's going to be a huge Islamic population in the world, they're going to be nationalistic, they're going to be religious, and they're going to be militant.
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Mos Def
American Musician
I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
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Gerardo Martino
Argentinian Coach
I understand that it's always difficult for a national team to have a foreign manager. It's a nationalistic question that also flows into football.
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Jean Reno
French Actor
I don't feel like I have to be nationalistic French because I'm afraid of losing whatever. No, no, no, no. And also I don't think we are the best.
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Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
I don't respond well to the Olympic noise, which is the noise of nationalistic triumphalism.
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Peter Senge
American Scientist
Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Energy innovation is not a nationalistic game.
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Alex Haley
American Novelist
If you think about it, there's not a religious group, there's not a nationalistic group, there's not a tribe, there is no grouping of people to my knowledge, of any consequence, who have not, at one or another time, been the object of hatred, racism, or who has not had people against them just because they were them.
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Klaus Schwab
German Economist
I am an enthusiastic European, and my first-hand experience of war and hatred has strengthened that conviction. I have seen how misguided unilateral nationalistic identities have brought destruction and death. I am, however, a world citizen, too.
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Chris Matthews
American Journalist
Five years from now, 10 years from now, there's going to be a huge Islamic population in the world, they're going to be nationalistic, they're going to be religious, and they're going to be militant.
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Mos Def
American Musician
I come from a family of very devout, praying people. That idea of peace and love toward humanity shouldn't be nationalistic or denominational. It should be a chief concern for all mankind.
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Gerardo Martino
Argentinian Coach
I understand that it's always difficult for a national team to have a foreign manager. It's a nationalistic question that also flows into football.
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Jean Reno
French Actor
I don't feel like I have to be nationalistic French because I'm afraid of losing whatever. No, no, no, no. And also I don't think we are the best.
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Michael Ignatieff
Canadian Politician
Patriotism is strong nationalistic feeling for a country whose borders and whose legitimacy and whose ethnic composition is taken for granted.
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Tom Stoppard
English Dramatist
I don't respond well to the Olympic noise, which is the noise of nationalistic triumphalism.
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Peter Senge
American Scientist
Governments, especially democratic ones, are short-term and nationalistic.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Energy innovation is not a nationalistic game.
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