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   Na·tion·al·ism

   /ˈnaSH(ə)nəˌliz(ə)m/

   

   noun

   • 1. identification with one's own nation and support for its interests, especially to the exclusion or detriment of the interests of other nations: "their nationalism is tempered by a desire to join the European Union" Similar chauvinismjingoismflag-wavingethnocentrismethnocentricity
   • ▪ advocacy of or support for the political independence of a particular nation or people: "Scottish nationalism" Similar separatismsecessionismpartitionismisolationismsectarianismOpposite unionismfederalism

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