nationalist
/ˈnæʃ.ə.nə.lɪst/adjective, noun
nationalist is spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-T. The wrong spelling people search most is nationist: about 20 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 40 of all searches for the word. Nationalist is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to nationalism”.
How many letters and syllables are in nationalist?
| Letters | 11: N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.1 times per million words; the 8,146th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, nationist, about 20 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell nationalist?
Nationalist is spelled N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-T. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 40 of the searches for nationalist in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is nationalist?
Nationalist appears 8.1 times per million words in written English, the 8,146th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce nationalist?
- /ˈnæʃ.ə.nə.lɪst/
- /ˈnæʃ.nə.lɪst/
- /ˈnæʃ.ə.lɪst/
Nationalist has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vininn126-nationalist.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of nationalist
- more nationalist comparative
- most nationalist superlative
- nationalists plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does nationalist mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to nationalism.
noun
- 1
An advocate of nationalism.
You are either a globalist or a nationalist; one cannot be both.
noun
- 1
A member of the South African National Party during the 20th century.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate nationalist?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of nationalist: nat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Nationalist in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | nationaliste |
| German | nationalistisch , Nationalist, Nationalistin |
| Portuguese | nacionalista |
| Spanish | nacionalista |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does nationalist come from?
From national + -ist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).