nationalism

ideology and movement that promotes the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people) especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining the nation's sovereignty (self-governance) over its homeland
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nationalism

Summary

nationalism is an ideology[1]. nationalism ranks in the top 1% of ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,692 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • nationalism's instance of is recorded as ideology[3].
  • nationalism's instance of is recorded as political movement[4].
  • nationalism is a type of political ideology[5].
  • nationalism's Commons category is recorded as Nationalism[6].
  • nationalism's said to be the same as is recorded as patriotism[7].
  • nationalism is the opposite of anti-nationalism[8].
  • nationalism is the opposite of cosmopolitanism[9].
  • nationalism is the opposite of internationalism[10].
  • nationalism comprises ethnic nationalism[11].
  • nationalism comprises civic nationalism[12].
  • 1800 marks the founding of nationalism[13].
  • nationalism's significant event is recorded as United States Declaration of Independence[14].
  • nationalism's significant event is recorded as French Revolution[15].
  • nationalism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Nationalism[16].
  • nationalism's main subject is nation[17].
  • nationalism's main subject is state[18].
  • nationalism's topic's main Wikimedia portal is recorded as Portal:Nationalism[19].
  • nationalism's facet of is recorded as politics[20].
  • nationalism's facet of is recorded as nationalistic historiography[21].
  • nationalism's facet of is recorded as primordialism[22].
  • nationalism's facet of is recorded as modernization theory of nationalism[23].
  • nationalism's facet of is recorded as ethnosymbolism[24].
  • nationalism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[25].
  • nationalism's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[26].
  • nationalism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include ideology[3] and political movement[4]. nationalism is a type of political ideology[5]. Recorded opposite of include anti-nationalism[8], cosmopolitanism[9], and internationalism[10].

Origins

1800 marks the founding of nationalism[13].

Use and Application

Components include ethnic nationalism[11], a political ideology[28] and civic nationalism[12], a political ideology[29].

Why It Matters

nationalism ranks in the top 1% of ideology entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (37,692 views/month).[2] nationalism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] nationalism is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 27d ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-09-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    National library of spain spmabn id (bne v1.0) → XX525410
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P950]]: XX525410"
  2. 12w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1MkiYs
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 15w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → nationalism
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: nationalism, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289951937|nationalism (#289951937)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] "
  4. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0003458-nacionalismus
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0003458-nacionalismus, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
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