Nationalism
['næʃ(ə)n(ə)lɪz(ə)m] or ['næʃnəlɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other.
(noun.) the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals.
(noun.) the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination.
Edited by Juanita--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.
(n.) An idiom, trait, or character peculiar to any nation.
(n.) National independence; the principles of the Nationalists.
Checker: Lucille
Examples
- Nationalism as a God must follow the tribal gods to limbo. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- We shall find great masses of people inspired to passionate devotion, by ideas of nationalism, of imperialism, of class-conscious socialism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Statesmen dressed this up as the work of the spirit of Nationalism, but there were times and occasions when that costume wore very thin. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Their nationalism is just industrialism--that and a shallow jealousy I detest so much. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Nationalism was taught in schools, emphasized by newspapers, preached and mocked and sung into men. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The state was substituted for humanity; cosmopolitanism gave way to nationalism. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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