The nationalist ideology family per Heywood: the nation as the primary unit of political legitimacy and loyalty, including movements seeking unity across an ethnic or civilizational grouping that spans existing state borders. Belongs here: Nationalism and Pan-Arabism. Does not belong here: a country-specific syncretic doctrine that combines nationalist content with other commitments, filed under National and State-Specific Doctrines below instead.
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Nationalism as derived from the noun designating 'nations' is a newer word in the English language, dating to around 1798.
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