different between nationalism vs nationism

English

Etymology

From French nationalisme. Surface etymology is national +? -ism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?næ??n?l?z?m/

Noun

nationalism (countable and uncountable, plural nationalisms)

1. Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country, people or culture.
2. Support for the creation of a sovereign nation (which does not currently exist).

3. (Britain, Ireland) Support for the union of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Hypernyms

• sectionalism; any geopolitical group pursuing its own interest

Hyponyms

• jingoism; aggressive warlike nationalism
• ethnonationalism; nationalism on the basis of ethnicity
• ultranationalism

Antonyms

• internationalism
• antinationalism

Translations

Derived terms

• metanationalism
• micronationalism

See also

• nationalist
• isolationist

Anagrams

• antimonials, laminations

English

Etymology

From nation +? -ism, by Joshua Fishman, 1968.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?ne???n?z(?)m/

Noun

nationism (countable and uncountable, plural nationisms)

1. (sociolinguistics) The practical concerns of running a nation, especially seen as divorced from emotional beliefs about national identity.
   • 1992, Sandra McKay, Teaching English Overseas: an Introduction, p. 9:

     In determining language policies, Fishman contends that a country needs to balance the concerns of nationalism (the feelings that develop from a sense of group identity) and nationism (the practical concerns of governing).

   • 2002, Tim Ingold, Companion Encyclopedia of Anthropology, p. 544:

     For these nations language was a prior criterion of national identity, in the sense of ‘nationalism’, and only later became and issue at the level of ‘nation’, once these societies had made the transition from nationalism to nationism.

   • 2008, Andrew Simpson, Language and National Identity in Africa, p. 22:

     Instead of this, the dominant role of language in nation-building in many states, at least in the early post-independence era, has been […] pragmatic nationism rather than aggressive nationalism.

Usage notes

Contrasted with nationalism – nationism pertains to practical concerns, while nationalism pertains to questions of identity.

Derived terms

• nationist

See also

• nationalism
• nationalist

References

Anagrams

• Minoanist, Timonians