nationalist
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- n one who loves and defends his or her country
- n an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government
- s 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
- In Spain's Basque region, the defeated nationalist party says a new socialist government will hurt the Basque people's hard won identity.
- Madame Chiang was the widow of the legendary Chinese nationalist general Chiang Kai-shek, who fled China in 1949 in the wake of the communist victory to set up what he envisaged as .
- From tycoon to nationalist, gay-rights lawyer to maverick moviemaker, these people are shaping a proud new country.