Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - nationalist

(nationalists) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Nationalist means connected with the desire of a group of people within a country for political independence. The crisis has set off a wave of nationalist feelings in Quebec. ADJ: ADJ n • A nationalist is someone with nationalist views. ...demands by Slovak nationalists for an independent state. N-COUNT 2. Nationalist means connected with a person’s great love for their nation. It is often associated with the belief that their nation is better than any other nation, and in this case is often used showing disapproval. Political life has been infected by growing nationalist sentiment. ADJ: ADJ n • A nationalist is someone with nationalist views. Some nationalists would like to depict the British monarchy as a purely English institution. N-COUNT