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nationalist

/ˈnæʃnəlɪst/noun

उच्चारण नैश्नलिस्ट

राष्ट्रवादी

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noun
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    a person who wants their country to become independent; a person who has a great love for and pride in their country

    राष्ट्रवादी

    • Indian nationalists fought for freedom from British rule.
    • Many young nationalists gave up their studies to join the struggle for freedom.
    • Lokmanya Tilak was a famous nationalist leader of his time.
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    • The young nationalist wrote fiery articles against foreign rule.
    • Nationalists across the country joined the freedom movement.

    Synonyms patriot loyalist freedom fighter

    Opposite internationalist traitor cosmopolitan

adjective
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    connected with nationalism

    राष्ट्रवादी

    • the nationalist movement
    • The nationalist newspaper urged people to boycott foreign cloth.
    • The nationalist poet wrote songs that stirred the whole country.
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    • A nationalist party won the election in the small state.
    • Nationalist feelings ran high on Independence Day.

    Synonyms patriotic nationalistic jingoistic

    Opposite internationalist cosmopolitan

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Keep the country-love words together: nationalist (supporting independence or national pride), patriot (loving your country), jingoist (extremely and aggressively patriotic), chauvinist (believing your country is better than all others).

देश-प्रेम के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: nationalist (स्वतंत्रता या राष्ट्रीय गौरव का समर्थक), patriot (देशभक्त), jingoist (अत्यधिक और आक्रामक देशभक्त), chauvinist (अपने देश को सबसे श्रेष्ठ मानने वाला)।

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General knowledge

The Indian National Congress was founded in 1885 by Allan Octavian Hume; early nationalists are called the Moderates (Gokhale, Naoroji) and later the Extremists (Lal-Bal-Pal).

भारतीय राष्ट्रीय कांग्रेस की स्थापना 1885 में ए. ओ. ह्यूम ने की; आरंभिक राष्ट्रवादी नरमपंथी (गोखले, नौरोजी) और बाद के गरमपंथी (लाल-बाल-पाल) कहलाते हैं।