nationalism Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

WordNet

Na"tion*al*ism noun
Definitions
  1. The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.
  2. An idiom, trait, or character peculiar to any nation.
  3. National independence; the principles of the Nationalists.

Webster 1913