ultranationalist
/ˌʌltɹənˈæʃənələst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.88 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to or supporting ultranationalism; exceedingly nationalistic.
noun
An adherent of ultranationalism.
Example Sentences
- "The ultranationalist Young Turks could not accept the loss of Ottoman territory without a fight."
- "“Vox is an ultra-nationalist party – I think that’s the best definition,” says González. “Within Vox, you have sectors that came from the fascist Falange party and ultra-Catholic sectors that are pro-life and absolutely against abortion and gay marriage.”"
- "[…] the theatrical ultranationalist Vladimir V. Zhirinovsky took his plunge this year at Bottomless Lake[…]."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Latin ūls Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Old Latin -ād Latin -ā Latin ultrābor. English ultra- English national Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English nationalist English ultranationalist From ultra- + nationalist.
Inflected Forms
more ultranationalist (comparative)
most ultranationalist (superlative)
ultra-nationalist (alternative)
ultranationalists (plural)