ultranationalism

Aggressive national supremacism

Ultranationalism is nationalism taken to an extreme—an intense, often aggressive devotion to one's nation that typically views other countries or peoples as inferior or threatening.

The term implies a willingness to subordinate individual rights, democratic principles, or international cooperation to national interests: The regime's ultranationalism led to territorial expansion and ethnic persecution.

Ultranationalist movements often embrace militarism and xenophobia.

ideology

jingoism

Bellicose extreme patriotism

ethnonationalism · fascism · authoritarianism · totalitarianism · militarism · populism · statism · autarky · protectionism · isolationism

xenophobia

nativism

Preference for native-born citizens

intolerance · scapegoating · exclusion · hostility · hatred · animosity · discrimination · prejudice · othering · dehumanization

fascism

Nazism

German fascist totalitarianism

dictatorship · autocracy · tyranny · despotism · persecution · genocide · anti-Semitism · racial purity · Golden Dawn · one-party rule

extremism

fanaticism

Obsessive, unreasoning dedication

aggression · propaganda · indoctrination · violence · terrorism · paramilitary · purism · absolutism · martyrdom · cult mentality

patriotism

flag

Cloth symbol or signal

loyalty · national pride · heritage · founding myths · independence · monuments · martyrs · glorification · reverence · fatherland

Categories
Opposites
political ideology spectrum

ultranationalisminternationalism

Favoring cooperation among nations

globalism · cosmopolitanism · multiculturalism · universalism · supranationalism

intensity of national attachment

ultranationalismanti-nationalism

Stance opposing country-first ideology

statelessness · rootlessness · denationalization

scope of loyalty and identity

ultranationalismcosmopolitanism

Belief in shared humanity

world citizenship · global citizenship · humanism · universal brotherhood · borderlessness

Family

ultranationalist

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