Is it true?
I'm looking for a word which means someone who believes that their own country or race is better or more important than any other
I found the words "chauvinist" and "nationalist". I suppose that the word "chauvinist" is always negative and "nationalist" can be both positive and negative.Is that true?
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Yes, I'd say it's true.
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Chauvinist is usually negative while nationalist could be either positive or negative. Nationalist isn't necessarily comparing your nation to others, it could just be pride in your own nation. Ethnocentric is a word that means you think that your culture is better than others. That's the word I would use for what you're describing. If you're talking about race, I probably wouldn't use any of these words, I would just say racist or prejudice.
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I thing that "flag waving" could be an interesting alternative.
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Supremacist
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Xenophobe could be the word you´re looking for.
Defined in the Free Dictionary as, "Someone unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.
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