Skip to content

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.

Explore Italian by topic