nazionalistico
nationalistic
adjective nah-tsyoh-nah-LEE-stee-koh Rare
Origin: From nazionalismo (nationalism) + -ico (adjectival suffix).
Usage Note
Nazionalistico describes something characterized by or relating to nationalism — retorica nazionalistica (nationalistic rhetoric). It is subtly different from nazionale (national, neutral) and nazionalista (nationalist, referring to a person or movement). The plural forms are nazionalistici (m) and nazionalistiche (f), following the standard adjective pattern for words ending in -co.
Examples
"Il discorso aveva un tono marcatamente nazionalistico."
Natural Translation
The speech had a markedly nationalistic tone.
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