nationalists

noun

plural of nationalist
as in patriots
one who shows excessive favoritism towards his or her country a staunch nationalist who favored any policy that would give the country more power in the international arena

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Recent Examples of nationalists The founder of the Maratha empire who fought against the Mughal dynasty is now a symbol for nationalists remaking the country. — Neil MacFarquhar David E. Sanger Atul Loke Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 16 June 2026 Most people do not walk around identifying themselves as either patriots or nationalists. — Maia Niguel Hoskin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Patrick said Democrats accuse Republicans of being Christian nationalists. — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 June 2026 The group at the center of the feud, the UPA, was founded by nationalists loyal to Ukrainian nationalist leader Stepan Bandera. — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026 Barton’s pseudo-scholarship furnished Christian nationalists with valuable ammunition, but the movement needed foot soldiers. — Michael Luo, New Yorker, 14 June 2026 The Chamber’s work to prevent right-wing nationalists from winning primaries feels like the last gasp of the country club GOP, before the MAGA movement took over. — David Weigel, semafor.com, 1 July 2026 While Washington was private about his Anglican beliefs and a supporter of religious freedom for all faiths, Christian nationalists have been reviving the image, and with it, the claim that the US is an inherently Christian nation at its origin. — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 15 May 2026 As the 1956 Suez Crisis helped crystallize an alliance between Arab nationalists and the Soviet Union, this anti-Zionist ideology took root in the Middle East. — Adam Louis-Klein, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nationalists
  1. patriots
  2. chauvinists
  3. loyalists
Noun
  • The future king of Britain descends from American patriots who fought against the crown he is destined to inherit, according to a new book tracing Prince William's family tree.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • The celebrations began last year, when the Ken Burns documentary on the American Revolution aired, and it was followed by a slew of books about the Founding Fathers, female patriots, the Fourth of July, and of course the Declaration itself.
    — Brenda Wineapple, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
Definition of patriots
Noun
  • There really are chauvinists out there.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 4 June 2026
  • Sacco knows better than most that political chauvinists of all kinds can point to past moments of injury and humiliation to justify any current cruelty or authoritarian project—an especially powerful appeal when those historical injustices are real.
    — Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
Definition of chauvinists
Noun
  • The only blot on an otherwise solid opening week for the World Cup expansion loyalists.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 July 2026
  • At the same time, East Florida's population was growing as British loyalists fled Georgia and the Carolinas to escape harassment from supporters of independence.
    — Hank Tester, CBS News, 1 July 2026
Definition of loyalists

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