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Entry 6 senses Webster, 1913

Nationalism

/năsh'-ən-əl-ĭzˌ-əm/ · Na·tion·al·ism · IPA /ˈnæʃ(ə)nəˌlɪzəm/
01 n. The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.
  1. 1.
    The state of being national; national attachment; nationality.
  2. 2.
    An idiom, trait, or character peculiar to any nation.
  3. 3.
    National independence; the principles of the Nationalists.
  4. 4.
    A devotion to one's country; patriotism;
  5. 5.
    The policy of advocating the independence of one's country.
  6. 6.
    The policy of advocating the interests of one's own country exclusively, regardless of effects of a country's actions on other countries.