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na⋅tion⋅al⋅ist

  [nash-uh-nl-ist, nash-nuh-list]
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–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
3. Also, na⋅tion⋅al⋅is⋅tic. of, pertaining to, or promoting nationalism: the beginnings of a nationalist movement.
4. (initial capital letter) of, pertaining to, or noting a political group advocating or fighting for national independence, a strong national government, etc.
Origin:
1705–15; national + -ist

Related forms:
na⋅tion⋅al⋅is⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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na·tion·al·ism   (nāsh'ə-nə-lĭz'əm, nāsh'nə-)   
n.  

  1. Devotion to the interests or culture of one's nation.

  2. The belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather than collectively, emphasizing national rather than international goals.

  3. Aspirations for national independence in a country under foreign domination.

na'tion·al·ist adj. & n., na'tion·al·is'tic adj., na'tion·al·is'ti·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

nationalist 
"one devoted to his nation," 1715, from national in a now obsolete sense of "patriotic" (1711), from nation (q.v.). Nationalism in this sense first recorded 1844; earlier it was used in a theological sense of "the doctrine of divine election of nations" (1836).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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