English Words: N

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national costumenoun

Clothing of a particular style and colours worn to represent a country at international events, or as part of national celebrations.

National Day for Truth and Reconciliationname

September 30th; A statutory holiday in Canada, for the recognition of the cultural genocide of indigenous peoples in Canada enacted by the colonizers, especially that caused by the residential school system; declared as a law in 2020, and first observed in 2021.

national debtnoun

Any money owed by the government of a nation.

National Dietname

The national legislature of Japan.

National Frontname

Any particular party of several far-right nationalist political parties

national gridnoun

An electricity transmission network servicing a whole country.

national insurancenoun

A system of taxes paid by workers and employers, used primarily to fund state benefits.

national interestnoun

An economic, military, or cultural goal of a country.

National Rallyname

A far-right nationalist political party of France, formerly named National Front.

National Romanizationname

Gwoyeu Romatzyh.

national schoolnoun

A type of primary school where Malay is the medium of instruction.

national secondary schoolnoun

A government-funded or government-aided institution that provides secondary education using the Malay language as the primary medium of instruction.

national servicenoun

Service, especially compulsory service, either in military service or in non-military service, on behalf of one's nation.

national servicemannoun

a conscript

National Socialismnoun

The ideology of the Nazi Party, including an authoritarian government, ethnic nationalism (including but not limited to Pan-Germanism) and adequate territory (Lebensraum), and economic cooperation between the state and capital.

National Socialistnoun

An adherent of National Socialism; a Nazi.

national treasurenoun

A place, object, or person that is deemed to be of value to an entire nation, usually because of cultural significance.

national-type schoolnoun

Synonym of vernacular school.

Nationaliannoun

A student and alumnus of any National University campus in the Philippines.

nationalisationnoun

The act or process of nationalising:

nationaliseverb

Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of nationalize.

nationalisedverb

simple past and past participle of nationalise

nationalisernoun

Alternative spelling of nationalizer.

nationalismnoun

A more extreme form of patriotism; the idea of a more extreme support for one's country, people or culture.

nationalistadj

Of or relating to nationalism.

Nationalist Chinaname

the Republic of China (particularly under the rule of the one-party Kuomintang regime in Nanjing during 1925 to 1948)

nationalisticadj

Of, relating to, or advocating nationalism.

nationalisticallyadv

In a nationalistic manner.

nationalitariannoun

Supporting an inclusive concept of nationhood that embraces all members of a society and not just a dominant elite.

nationalitarianismnoun

Support for an inclusive concept of nationhood that embraces all members of a society and not just a dominant elite.

nationalitynoun

Legal membership of a particular nation or state, by origin, birth, naturalization, ownership, allegiance or otherwise.

nationalizationnoun

American and Oxford British English standard spelling of nationalisation.

nationalizeverb

To make into, or to become, a nation.

nationalizernoun

One who, or that which, nationalizes.

nationallyadv

In a way relating to the whole nation.

nationalnessnoun

The quality or state of being national.

nationalsnoun

plural of national

nationettenoun

A very small nation or country; a microstate.

nationfulnoun

As much as a nation would hold.

nationhoodnoun

The quality of being a nation.

nationismnoun

The practical concerns of running a nation, especially seen as divorced from emotional beliefs about national identity.

nationistadj

A language used for the day-to-day functioning of government – official forms, intra-government communication.

nationisticadj

Of or relating to nationism.

nationlessadj

Without a nation, not belonging to any nation.

nationlessnessnoun

The state of being nationless.

nationlikeadj

Resembling or characteristic of a nation.

nationsnoun

plural of nation

nationshipnoun

State of being a nation.

nationwideadj

Extending throughout an entire nation.

nationwidelyadv

Misconstruction of nationwide (“across a nation”).

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