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Meaning of nationalism

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  nationalism
      n 1: love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it; "they
           rode the same wave of popular patriotism"; "British
           nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran
           high" [syn: {patriotism}, {nationalism}]
      2: the doctrine that your national culture and interests are
         superior to any other [ant: {internationalism},
         {multiculturalism}]
      3: the aspiration for national independence felt by people under
         foreign domination
      4: the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather
         than collectively) to attain their goals [ant:
         {internationalism}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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