|  nationalist 
 
 1. one who loves and defends his or her country
 • Syn:
 patriot
 • Derivationally related forms:
 nationalism
 • Hypernyms:
 national, subject
 • Hyponyms:
 chauvinist, jingoist, jingo, flag-waver, hundred-percenter, patrioteer
 • Instance Hyponyms:
 Garibaldi, Giuseppe Garibaldi, Gonne, Maud Gonne, Kosciusko,
 Thaddeus Kosciusko, Kosciuszko, Tadeusz Andrzej Bonawentura Kosciuszko, Mazzini, Giuseppe Mazzini
 2. an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government
 • Derivationally related forms:
 nationalism
 • Hypernyms:
 advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
 • Hyponyms:
 nationalist leader
 
 devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others
 - nationalist aspirations
 - minor nationalistic differences
 • Syn:
 nationalistic
 • Similar to:
 national
 
 
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