What is the meaning of nationalism?

noun

  • Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it.
    • usage: "they rode the same wave of popular patriotism"; "British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high"
  • The doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other.
  • The aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination.
  • The doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals. .
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