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nationalist

[nash-uh-nl-ist, nash-nuh-list] / ˈnæʃ ə nl ɪst, ˈnæʃ nə lɪst /


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A chief negotiator for South Africa's white nationalist government in talks that would lead to the end of apartheid, Meyer was named as ambassador in April, nearly a year after the previous envoy was expelled.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

As a Catholic, Abbott has also managed to keep a discrete distance from the evangelicals who are the backbone of the Christian nationalist movement.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2026

The current dispute between China and Taiwan dates to a civil war between the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek, who retreated to the island in 1949 after being defeated by Mao Zedong's communist fighters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 10, 2026

The Garvaghy Road had been part of the Drumcree parade route but by the mid 1990s nationalist residents protested against it.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

I was first and foremost an African nationalist fighting for our emancipation from minority rule and the right to control our own destiny.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

In the Baltics, German Freikorps fought Bolshevik revolutionaries and local nationalists in an unsuccessful attempt to establish an independent German-dominated state.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

That could feel like a "momentum changer" to Irish nationalists, according to the BBC's Northern Ireland political editor Enda McClafferty.

From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026

Decades of conflict between predominantly Catholic nationalists seeking Irish unity and largely Protestant unionists who wanted to remain in the United Kingdom culminated in the Troubles, which killed more than 3,500 people.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

The ongoing fallout for the nationalists has not helped the party's brand.

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

The group consisted mainly of ex-Communists turned extreme African nationalists.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela


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