expansionist nationalism

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Expansionist nationalism,{{cite book |author1=Salih Bicakcic |editor1-last=Ishiyama |editor1-first=John T. |editor-link1=John Ishiyama |editor2-last=Breuning |editor2-first=Marijke |title=21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook |date=2011 |publisher=SAGE |isbn=9781412969017 |pages=633–638 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IR1GCphhU7EC |access-date=19 April 2019 |language=en |chapter=Vol.2, Part V: Political Thought; Chapter 74: Nationalism}} is an aggressive radical form of nationalism or ethnic nationalism (ethnonationalism) that incorporates autonomous, heightened ethnic consciousness and patriotic sentiments with atavistic fears and hatreds focused on "other" or foreign peoples, framing a belief in expansion or recovery of formerly owned territories through militaristic means.{{cite book |last1=Heywood |first1=Andrew |title=Political Ideologies: An Introduction |date=2017 |publisher=PALGRAVE; Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=9781137606044 |pages=176–187 |edition=6th |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Sy8hDgAAQBAJ&q=Heywood.+Political+Ideologies:+An+Introduction+2004 |access-date=19 April 2019 |language=en |chapter=Chapter 6: Nationalism; 6.4.3.: Expansionist Nationalism }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite book |last1=Heywood |first1=Andrew |title=Political Theory: An Introduction |date=2015 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=9781137437280 |pages=95–99 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mEH_CAAAQBAJ |access-date=19 April 2019 |language=en |chapter=Chapter 4 Sovereignty, the Nation and Transnationalism; 4.1. Nationalism }}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |title=Nationalism Theory - Politics A-Level - Revision World |url=https://revisionworld.com/a2-level-level-revision/politics/nationalism-theory |website=revisionworld.com |access-date=19 April 2019}}

==History==

The term was coined during the late nineteenth century

Compare [https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=expansionist+nationalism&year_start=1850&year_end=2018&corpus=26&smoothing=3usage frequency of the term "expansionist nationalism"].

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as European powers indulged in the "Scramble for Africa" (1880s onwards), but has been most associated{{by whom?|date=November 2020}} with authoritarian governments during the 20th century,{{failed verification|date=November 2020}} including Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, the Empire of Japan, and the Central and Eastern European countries of Albania (Greater Albania), Bulgaria (Greater Bulgaria), Croatia (Greater Croatia), Hungary (Greater Hungary), Romania (Greater Romania) and Serbia (Greater Serbia).