Nationalism
WordNet
noun
(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"
(2) The doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other
(3) The doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals
(4) The aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination
WiktionaryText
Noun
- The idea of supporting one's country and culture.
- Supporting a national identity when it does not exist as a sovereign nation, for example, Basque nationalism, Kurdish nationalism.
- jingoism. The support of one nation's interests to the exclusion of others.
- patriotism.