Meaning of nationalism in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Noun

    nationalism

    Definitions

    1. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
  2. 2. the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other

    Antonyms

  3. 3. the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination
  4. 4. the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals

    Antonyms

Famous quotes

  • « To realize that new world we must prefer the values of freedom and equality above all other values - above personal wealth, technical power and nationalism. »
    Herbert Read
  • « Nationalism is power hunger tempered by self-deception. »
    George Orwell
  • « Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind. »
    Albert Einstein
  • « There is a fuzzy but real distinction that can and I believe should be made, between patriotism, which is attachment to a way of life, and nationalism, which is the insistence that your way of life deserves to rule over other ways of life. »
    Todd Gitlin
  • « In some states militant nationalism has gone to the lengths of dictatorship, the cult of the absolute or totalitarian state and the glorification of war. »
    Arthur Henderson

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