nationalism

nationalism

English

Etymology

From French nationalisme. Surface etymology is national +‎ -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnæʃənəlɪzəm/

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Noun

nationalism (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisms)

1. Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture.
   • 2017, Meir Litvak, Constructing Nationalism in Iran:

     Following the 1979 Revolution, Khomeini came out against nationalism.

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

   Basque nationalism

   Kurdish nationalism

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

Antonyms

• internationalism
• antinationalism

Hypernyms

• sectionalism; any geopolitical group pursuing its own interest

Hyponyms

• jingoism; aggressive warlike nationalism
• ethnonationalism; nationalism on the basis of ethnicity
• ultranationalism

Derived terms

• gastronationalism
• metanationalism
• micronationalism

Translations

idea of supporting one's country and culture

Albanian: nationalizëm m Amharic: ብሔረተኝነት (bəḥerätäñnät) Antillean Creole: nasyonalis m Arabic: قَوْمِيَّة‎ (ar) f (qawmiyya) Armenian: ազգայնականություն (hy) (azgaynakanutʿyun), նացիոնալիզմ (hy) (nacʿionalizm) Assamese: জাতীয়তাবাদ (zatitabad) Asturian: nacionalismu m Azerbaijani: millətçilik Bashkir: милләтселек (millätselek) Belarusian: нацыяналі́зм m (nacyjanalízm) Bengali: জাতীয়তাবাদ (jatīytabad) Bulgarian: национали́зъм (bg) m (nacionalízǎm) Burmese: အမျိုးသားစိတ် (my) (a.myui:sa:cit) Catalan: nacionalisme (ca) m Chechen: национализм (nacionalizm) Chinese: Mandarin: 民族主義／民族主义 (zh) (mínzúzhǔyì), 國民主義／国民主义 (guómínzhǔyì) Cornish: kenedlegieth f Corsican: nazziunalismu m, naziunalismu m Crimean Tatar: milletçilik Czech: nacionalismus (cs) m Danish: nationalisme (da) c Dutch: nationalisme (nl) n Erzya: раськемельчи (rasʹkemelʹči) Esperanto: naciismo Estonian: rahvuslus, natsionalism Finnish: isänmaallisuus (fi), kansallismielisyys (fi), nationalismi (fi), patriotismi (fi) French: nationalisme (fr) m Galician: nacionalismo (gl) m Georgian: ნაციონალიზმი (nacionalizmi) German: Nationalismus (de) m Greek: εθνικισμός (el) m (ethnikismós) Gujarati: રાષ્ટ્રવાદ (rāṣṭravād) Hebrew: לְאֻמִּיּוּת \\ לאומיות‎ (he) (leumiyút) Hindi: राष्ट्रवाद m (rāṣṭravād) Hungarian: nacionalizmus (hu), nemzetizmus Iban: nasionalisma Icelandic: þjóðernishyggja f Indonesian: kebangsaan (id), nasionalisme (id) Irish: náisiúnachas Italian: nazionalismo (it) m Japanese: 民族主義 (みんぞくしゅぎ, minzokushugi), ナショナリズム (ja) (nashonarizumu), 国民主義 (こくみんしゅぎ, kokuminshugi) Kazakh: ұлтшылдық (kk) (ūltşyldyq) Khmer: ជាតិនិយម (km) (ciət niyum) Korean: 민족주의(民族主義) (ko) (minjokjuui), 국민주의(國民主義) (gungminjuui) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: نەتەوەیی‎ (neteweyî), وڵات پارێزی‎ (wllat parêzî) Northern Kurdish: neteweperwerî (ku), welatperwerî (ku), niştimanperwerî (ku), welatparêzî (ku), neteweparêzî (ku), nasyonalîzm (ku), neteweperistî (ku) Kyrgyz: улутчулдук (ky) (ulutçulduk) Lao: ຊາດນິຍົມ (sāt ni nyom), ຊາຕິນິຍົມ (sā ti ni nyom) Latin: nationalismus m Latvian: nacionālisms m Lithuanian: nacionalizmas (lt) m Macedonian: национали́зам m (nacionalízam) Malay: nasionalisme (ms) Maltese: nazionalismu m Mongolian: Cyrillic: үндсэрхэг үзэл (ündserxeg üzel) Norman: nâtionnalisme m Norwegian: Bokmål: nasjonalisme (no) m Occitan: nacionalisme (oc) m Pashto: ملتپالنه‎ f (melatрālǝna), مليت پرستي‎ f (milyatparasti), ناسيوناليزم‎ m (nāsionālizǝm), نشنليزم‎ m (nešnalizᶕm), نېشنلېزم‎ m (nešnalizǝm), قوم پرستي‎ f (qawmparasti) Persian: ناسیونالیسم‎ (fa) (nâsionâlism), ملی‌گرایی‎ (melli-garâyi), ملت‌گرایی‎ (mellat-garâyi) Polish: nacjonalizm (pl) m Portuguese: nacionalismo (pt) m Punjabi: ਕੌਮਪ੍ਰਸਤੀ (kaumprastī) Romanian: naționalism (ro) m Russian: национали́зм (ru) m (nacionalízm) Rusyn: націоналі́зм m (nacionalízm) Scottish Gaelic: nàiseantachd f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: националѝзам m Roman: nacionalìzam (sh) m Slovak: nacionalizmus m Slovene: nacionalizem m Spanish: nacionalismo (es) m Swahili: utaifa (sw) Swedish: nationalism (sv) c Tagalog: pagkamakabayan, pagkamakabansa Tajik: миллатчигӣ (millatčigī), миллатгароӣ‍ (millatgaroyī‍) Tatar: милләтчелек (tt) (millätçelek) Thai: ชาตินิยม (th) (châat-ní-yom) Turkish: milliyetçilik (tr), ulusçuluk (tr), ulusçuluk (tr) Ukrainian: націоналі́зм (uk) m (nacionalízm) Urdu: قَوم پَرْوَری‎ f (qaum parvarī) Uyghur: مىللەتچىلىك‎ (milletchilik) Uzbek: millatchilik (uz) Vietnamese: chủ nghĩa dân tộc (主義民族), chủ nghĩa quốc gia, chủ nghĩa quốc tộc Yiddish: נאַציאָנאַליזם‎ m (natsyonalizm)

support for the creation of a new sovereign nation

Finnish: nationalismi (fi)

support for the unification of Ireland

Finnish: nationalismi (fi)

support of one nation's interests to the exclusion of others — see jingoism

See also

• nationalist
• isolationist

Anagrams

• antimonials, laminations

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Swedish

Noun

nationalism c

1. nationalism

Declension

Declension of nationalism
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	nationalism	nationalismen	nationalismer	nationalismerna
Genitive	nationalisms	nationalismens	nationalismers	nationalismernas

Further reading

• nationalism in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• nationalism in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• nationalism in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)