Nationist

Origin

nation + -ist, from nationism, Joshua Fishman, 1968.

Fishman, J.A. 1968. Nationality–nationalism and nation–nationism. Fishman, J.A.; Ferguson, C.A.; Das Gupta, J., ed. Language problems of developing nations. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY, USA. pp. 39–51.

Full definition of nationist

Adjective

1. (sociolinguistics) A language used for the day-to-day functioning of government – official forms, intra-government communication.
2. Misspelling of nationalist

Related terms

• nationism

Usage notes

Like nationism, nationist is a technical term used in sociolinguistics, and is contrasted with nationalist. However, nationist may also occur as a misspelling of the far more common

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