nationalist

[ nash-uh-nl-ist, nash-nuh-list ]

noun

1. a person devoted to nationalism.
2. (initial capital letter) a member of a political group advocating or fighting for national independence, a strong national government, etc.

adjective

1. Also nation·al·istic. of, relating to, or promoting nationalism:

   the beginnings of a nationalist movement.

2. (initial capital letter) of, relating to, or noting a political group advocating or fighting for national independence, a strong national government, etc.

Other Words From

• nation·al·isti·cal·ly adverb
• anti·nation·al·ist noun adjective
• anti·nation·al·istic adjective
• anti·na·tion·al·isti·cal·ly adverb
• hyper·nation·al·istic adjective
• nonna·tion·al·istic adjective
• nonna·tion·al·isti·cal·ly adverb
• pro·nation·al·ist adjective noun
• prona·tion·al·istic adjective
• quasi-nation·al·istic adjective
• semi·nation·al·istic adjective
• unna·tion·al·istic adjective
• unna·tion·al·isti·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of nationalist¹

First recorded in 1705–15; national + -ist

Example Sentences

From the late ’60s until 1998, when the Good Friday Agreement wound down hostilities between the Catholic nationalist Irish Republican Army and the U.K.-supported loyalist protestant militias, Northern Ireland was afflicted with the conflict known as the Troubles.

From Los Angeles Times

In 2020, he has said, he was forbidden from serving with his National Guard unit during Joe Biden’s inauguration because he has a tattoo of a symbol, the Jerusalem cross, used by white nationalist groups.

From Slate

Brimelow, who refers to himself as a civic nationalist, then launched a website devoted to discussions of racial identity, which he called VDare, after Virginia Dare, supposedly the first English baby to be born on American soil.

From Salon

Tanton’s ideas could also be found in the proclamations of the prominent “alt-right” white nationalist leader Richard Spencer.

From Salon

I’d come across a guy named Mike Mahoney, a 20-something rising star in white nationalist circles who worked for Breitbart News and accompanied Milo Yiannopoulos, Breitbart’s firebrand tech editor, on his speaking tours.

From Salon

Related Words

• superpatriot