| nation | (noun) a politically organized body of people under a single government | Synonyms: body politic, commonwealth, country, land, res publica, state |
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| (noun) the people who live in a nation or country | Synonyms: country, land |
| (noun) a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes) | - |
| national | (noun) a person who owes allegiance to that nation | Synonyms: subject |
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| nationalisation | (noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, communization, nationalization |
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| (noun) the action of rendering national in character | Synonyms: nationalization |
| (noun) the action of forming or becoming a nation | Synonyms: nationalization |
| nationalism | (noun) love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it | Synonyms: patriotism |
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| (noun) the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other | - |
| (noun) the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals | - |
| (noun) the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination | - |
| nationalist | (noun) one who loves and defends his or her country | Synonyms: patriot |
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| (noun) an advocate of national independence of or a strong national government | - |
| nationality | (noun) people having common origins or traditions and often comprising a nation | - |
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| (noun) the status of belonging to a particular nation by birth or naturalization | - |
| nationalization | (noun) changing something from private to state ownership or control | Synonyms: communisation, communization, nationalisation |
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| (noun) the action of rendering national in character | Synonyms: nationalisation |
| (noun) the action of forming or becoming a nation | Synonyms: nationalisation |
| nationhood | (noun) the state of being a nation | - |
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| native | (noun) indigenous plants and animals | - |
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| (noun) an indigenous person who was born in a particular place | Synonyms: aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene |
| (noun) a person born in a particular place or country | - |
| nativeness | (noun) the quality of belonging to or being connected with a certain place or region by virtue of birth or origin | - |
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| nativism | (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that some ideas are innate | - |
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| (noun) the policy of perpetuating native cultures (in opposition to acculturation) | - |
| nativist | (noun) a philosopher who subscribes to nativism | - |
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| nativity | (noun) the event of being born | Synonyms: birth, nascence, nascency |
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