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adjectivedevotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation including promoting the interests of one country over those of others
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nounone who loves and defends his or her country
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nounan advocate of national independence of or a strong national government
Definition that contains nationalist
- chinese a native or inhabitant of Communist China or of Nationalist China
- boxer a member of a nationalistic Chinese secret society that led an unsuccessful rebellion in 1900 against foreign interests in China
- ira a militant organization of Irish nationalists who used terrorism and guerilla warfare in an effort to drive British forces from Northern Ireland and achieve a united independent Ireland
- taipei the capital of Nationalist China; located in northern Taiwan
- chavez Mexican composer of nationalistic works using themes from Indian folk music (1899-1978)
- chauvinist an extreme bellicose nationalist
- parnell Irish nationalist leader (1846-1891)
- blimp any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person (after the cartoon character created by Sir David Low)
- ov a terrorist group of Protestants who oppose any political settlement with Irish nationalists; a paramilitary group that attacks Catholic interests in Northern Ireland
- jingo an extreme bellicose nationalist