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National identity is not an inborn trait; it is essentially a social construct.{{cite book |title=Imagined Communities: reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism |last =Anderson |first =Benedict |publisher =Verso |year=1991 |isbn=9780860915461 |page= [https://archive.org/details/imaginedcommunit00ande_0/page/133 133] |url= https://archive.org/details/imaginedcommunit00ande_0 |url-access=registration }} There is no agreed definition of what constitutes national identity.{{cite book|last=Özkırımlı |first=Umut |date=2005 |title=Contemporary Debates on Nationalism: A Critical Introduction |publisher =Palgrave Macmillan |page =15 |isbn =978-0333947739}} It can result from the presence of elements from the "common points" in people's daily lives: national symbols, languages, colors, national history, blood ties, culture, music, cuisine, radio, television, and so on.{{cite book|title=Historical Tales and National Identity: An introduction to narrative social psychology |last =László |first =János |publisher =Routledge |year =2013 |isbn =9780415704700 |page =191}} Under various social influences, people incorporate national identity into their identities by adopting beliefs, values, assumptions, and expectations which align with a national identity. People with identification with their nation view national beliefs and values as personally meaningful and translate them into daily practices.

Three main schools of defining national identity exist:

• Essentialists view national identity as fixed, based on ancestry, a common language history, ethnicity, and world views (Connor 1994;{{Cite book|last =Connor |first =Walker |url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780691186962 |title =Ethnonationalism |date =1 January 1994 |publisher =Princeton University Press |doi =10.1515/9780691186962 |isbn =978-0-691-18696-2}} Huntington 1996{{Citation |last=Kneip |first=Sascha |title=Samuel P. Huntington, the Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York 1996 |url= http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-90400-9_50 |work =Schlüsselwerke der Politikwissenschaft |year =2007 |pages =183–186 |place =Wiesbaden |publisher =VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften |doi=10.1007/978-3-531-90400-9_50 |isbn=978-3-531-14005-6 |access-date=31 January 2021|url-access=subscription }}).
• Constructivists believe in the importance of politics and the use of power by dominant groups to gain and maintain privileged status in society (Brubaker, 2009;{{cite book |last1 =Brubaker |first1 =Rogers |title =Citizenship and nationhood in France and Germany |date =1992 |publisher =Harvard University Press |isbn =9780674028944}} Spillman, 1997;{{cite book |last=Spillman |first =Lyn |title =Nation and commemoration: creating national identities in the United States and Australia |publisher =Cambridge University Press |date =1997 |isbn =9780521574044 }} Wagner-Pacifici & Schwartz, 1991{{Cite journal |last1 =Wagner-Pacifici |first1 =Robin |last2 =Schwartz |first2 =Barry |date =September 1991 |title =The Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Commemorating a Difficult Past |url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/229783 |journal =American Journal of Sociology |volume =97 |issue=2 |pages =376–420 |doi =10.1086/229783 |s2cid =143960715 |issn =0002-9602|url-access =subscription }}).
• Finally, the civic identity school focuses on shared values about rights and state institutions' legitimacy to govern.

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A few scholars have investigated how popular culture connects with the identity-building process.

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Some found that contemporary music genres can strengthen ethnic identity by increasing the feeling of ethnic pride.{{cite journal |last1 =Kakim |first1 =Danabayev |last2 =Jowon |first2 =Park |date =29 February 2020 |title =Q-pop as a Phenomenon to Enhance New Nationalism in Post-Soviet Kazakhstan |url= http://dx.doi.org/10.24987/snuacar.2020.02.9.2.85 |journal =Asia Review |volume =9 |issue =2 |pages =85–129 |doi =10.24987/snuacar.2020.02.9.2.85 |s2cid =216248011|issn =2234-0386|url-access =subscription }}

Political scientist Rupert Emerson defined national identity as "a body of people who feel that they are a nation".{{cite book |title =From Empire to Nation |last =Emerson |first =Rupert |publisher =Beacon Press |year =1960 |location= Boston, MA}} This definition of national identity was endorsed by social psychologist, Henri Tajfel, who formulated social identity theory together with John Turner.{{cite book |editor-last1 =Wetherell |editor-first1 =Margaret |editor-last2 =Mohanty |editor-first2 =Chandra Talpade |title =The sage handbook of identities |date =2010 |publisher =Sage Publications |location=Thousand Oaks, CA |isbn=9781412934114 |chapter=The Social-Identity Approach in Social Psychology |last1 =Reicher |first1 =Stephen |first2 =Russell |last2 =Spears |first3 =S. Alexander |last3 =Haslam}} Social identity theory adopts this definition of national identity and suggests that the conceptualization of national identity includes both self-categorization and affect. Self-categorization refers to identifying with a nation and viewing oneself as a member of a nation. The affect part refers to the emotion a person has with this identification, such as a sense of belonging or emotional attachment toward one's country. The mere awareness of belonging to a specific group invokes positive emotions about the group and leads to a tendency to act on behalf of that group, even when other group members are sometimes personally unknown.

National identity requires the process of self-categorization, and it involves both the identification of in-group (identifying with one's nation) and the differentiation of out-groups (other nations). People identify with a nation and form an in-group by recognizing commonalities such as having common descent and common destiny. At the same time they view people that identify with a different nation as out-groups.{{cite book |title =National Identity |last =Smith |first =Anthony |publisher =University of Nevada Press |year =1991 |isbn =978-0874172041 |pages =8–15}} Social identity theory suggests a positive relationship between the identification of a nation and the derogation of other nations. People are involved in intergroup comparisons by identifying with their nation and tend to derogate out-groups.{{cite book |last=Turner |first=John C. |chapter=Social Identity Theory: Where Are We Now? |title =Social Identity: Context, Commitment, Content |editor-last =Ellemers |editor-first =Naomi |editor-last2 =Spears |editor-first2 =Russell |editor-last3 =Doosje |editor-first3 =Bertjan |publisher =Wiley-Blackwell |pages =6–34 |date =1999 |isbn =978-0631206910}} However, several studies have investigated this relationship between national identity and derogating other countries and found that identifying with national identity does not necessarily result in out-group derogation.{{cite journal |title = Commentary. National Identity: Pride and Prejudice? |last =Hopkins |first =Nick |date =2001 |journal =British Journal of Social Psychology |doi =10.1348/014466601164795 |volume =40 |issue =2 |pages=183–186 |pmid=11446225}}

National identity, like other social identities, engenders emotions such as pride and love for one's national group and a feeling of obligation toward other members of that group.{{cite book |title =Differentiation between Social Groups: studies in the social psychology of intergroup relations |last =Tajfel |first =Henri |publisher =Academic Press |year =1978}} The socialization of national identity, such as socializing national pride and a sense of a country's exceptionalism, contributes to harmony among ethnic groups. For example, in the U.S., by integrating diverse ethnic groups in the overarching identity of being American, people are united by a shared emotion of national pride and the feeling of belonging to the U.S., and thus tend to mitigate ethnic conflicts.{{cite book |title=Ethnic Groups in Conflict |last =Horowitz |first=Donald |publisher=University of California Press |year=1985 |isbn=978-0520053854 |url= https://archive.org/details/ethnicgroupsinco00horo}}

From the point of view of international law, sovereign national identity cannot be subject to regulation or revision by treaty,{{cn|date=April 2025}} and any international treaty aiming to create or change the national identity of the sovereign state appears to violate the jus cogens rights of the nation. A treaty revisiing national identity could be subject to termination under Article 53 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (which states: "A treaty is void if, at the time of its conclusion, it conflicts with a peremptory norm of general international law."). Any deprivation or revision of the sovereign national identity appears to constitute an ethnocide.{{cn|date=April 2025}} National identity could not be subject to imposition, revision, or deprivation under any circumstances.

National identity can be most noticeable when the nation confronts enemies (external or internal) or natural disasters.{{cite journal |title =Natural Disasters and National Identity: time, space, and mythology |last1 =West |first1 =Brad |last2 =Smith |first2 =Philip| date =1997 |journal =Journal of Sociology|doi = 10.1177/144078339703300205 |volume =33 |issue =2 |pages =205–215 |s2cid =144460325}} An example of this phenomenon is the rise in patriotism and national identity in the United States after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.{{cite news |url= http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8410977/ns/us_news/t/poll-us-patriotism-continues-soar/#.VklaYXarTIU |title =Poll: U.S. Patriotism Continues to Soar |last=Ross |first=Michael |date=4 July 2005 |work=NBC News |url-status= dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151117031133/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/8410977/ns/us_news/t/poll-us-patriotism-continues-soar/#.VklaYXarTIU |archive-date =17 November 2015}}{{cite news |url= http://www.huffingtonpost.com/grant-lyon/patriotism-versus-nationa_b_953251.html |title = Patriotism vs. Nationalism in a Post 9/11 World |last= Lyon |first= Grant |date= 8 September 2011 |work= Huffington Post |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151117020339/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/grant-lyon/patriotism-versus-nationa_b_953251.html |archive-date = 17 November 2015}} The identity of being an American became salient after the terrorist attacks and the evocation of American national identity. Having a common threat or a common goal can unite people in a nation and enhance national identity.{{cite book |title= National Identity: Pragmatic Solutions for Democratic Governance in African Nations |last= Uko-Ima |first= Barrister |publisher =Xlibris |year= 2014 |isbn= 9781499047950 |pages= 141}}{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}}{{efn | A common threat may prove insufficient to encourage unity, as in the case of Viking or English moves to conquer the Irish.

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Sociologist Anthony Smith argues that national identity has the feature of continuity that can be transmitted and persisted through generations: national myths of having common descent and common destiny may enhance people's sense of belonging to a nation. However, national identities can disappear over time as (for example) when people live in foreign countries for a longer time{{Clarify|reason=see invisible note|date=December 2023}}, and can be challenged by supranational identities, which appeal to identification with a more inclusive, larger group that includes people from multiple nations.{{cite book |title = Advances in Psychological Science: social, personal, and cultural aspects |last1 =Adair |first1 =John |publisher =Psychology Press |year =1998 |isbn =978-0863774706 |pages =250–251 |last2 =Belanger |first2 =David |first3 =Kenneth |last3=Dion}} Dynasties (like the Hapsburgs) and empires (like the Roman Republic and its successors) may exploit this appeal.

Research on study-abroad experiences that focused on the effects of American stereotypes found that American students faced challenges in connecting with their host country during their study-abroad experience because of stereotypes of American identity. A stereotype that affected their experience was related to politics during the 2016 United States presidential election of Donald Trump. A study found that students would disengage, distance, avoid, assimilate, or challenge their identity or host culture in response to the interactions they faced. Preconceived ideas within the host culture, and also amongst Americans, affect the ability of people from different backgrounds to understand and accept one another as individuals, rather than endorsing stereotypes of cultural groups.{{cite journal |last =Goldstein |first =Susan B. |date =2017-11-16 |title =Stereotype Threat in U.S. Students Abroad: Negotiating American Identity in the Age of Trump |journal =Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad |volume =29 |issue =2 |pages =94–108 |doi =10.36366/frontiers.v29i2.395 |issn =2380-8144|doi-access =free }}

The people are the basic concept for a national identity. But people can be identified and constructed through different logics of nationalism. Examples range from the Völkisch movement to people's republics.

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A national consciousness is a shared sense of national identity[http://fds.oup.com/www.oup.co.uk/pdf/0-19-829898-6.pdf PDF]{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} and a shared understanding that a people group shares a common ethnic/linguistic/cultural background. Historically, a rise in national consciousness has been the first step toward creating a nation. At a glance, national consciousness is one's level of awareness of the collective and one's understanding that without "them", there is no "us". It is the mere awareness of the many shared attitudes and beliefs towards things like family, customs, societal and gender roles, etc. The awareness allows one to have a "collective identity", which allows them to be knowledgeable of where they are and how those places and people around them are so significant that they ultimately make the collective a nation. In short, national consciousness can be defined as a specific core of attitudes that provide habitual modes for regarding life's phenomena.{{cite journal |title=National Consciousness |journal=Peace Review}}

National identities in Europe and the Americas developed along with the idea of political sovereignty invested in the people of the state. In Eastern Europe, it was also often linked to ethnicity and culture. Nationalism requires first a national consciousness, the awareness of the national communality of a group of people or nation.{{cite book |last1=Banac |first1=Ivo |title=The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics |date=1988 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=9780801494932 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=KfqbujXqQBkC&pg=PA27 |page=27 |access-date=9 September 2021}} An awakening of national consciousness is frequently ascribed to national heroes and is associated with national symbols.

National identity can be considered a collective product. Through socialization, a system of beliefs, values, assumptions, and expectations are transmitted to group members. The collective elements of national identity may include national symbols, traditions, and memories of national experiences and achievements. These collective elements are rooted in the nation's history. Depending on how much the individual is exposed to the socialization of this system, people incorporate national identity into their identity to different degrees and in different ways, and the collective elements of national identity may become important parts of an individual's definition of the self and how they view the world and their place in it.{{cite book |chapter=Nationalism, Patriotism and National Identity: Social-Psychological Dimensions |last=Kelman |first=Herbert |publisher=Nelson-Hall |year=1997 |location=Chicago |pages=171–173 |editor-first=Daniel |editor-last=Bar-Tal |editor-first2=Ervin |editor-last2=Staub |title=Patriotism in the life of individuals and nations |isbn=9780830414109}}

Nations, to Benedict Anderson, are imagined. The idea of the "imagined community" is that a nation is socially constructed, and the nation is made up of individuals who see themselves as part of a particular group. Anderson referred to nations as "imagined communities". He thought that nations, or imagined communities, were delimited because of their boundaries regarding who is in and who is out. Anderson believed that the nation operates through exclusion. Though nations exclude those outside of it but also their members who are not immediately considered in the collective idea of their national identity.{{cite book|title=Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism |last=Anderson |first=Benedict |publisher=Verso |year=1983 |location=London}} Anderson thought that nations were delimited and also were:

Limited: Because of the mental boundaries or concepts, we set about others are by culture, ethnicity, etc. We do not imagine everyone in one society or under one nationalism, but we are mentally separate.{{Cite journal|title=Imagined Communities and Nationalism|journal=Postcolonial Studies at Emory}}

Sovereign: Nations were sovereign because sovereignty symbolizes freedom from traditional religious practices. Sovereignty provides the organization needed for a nation while keeping it free of traditional religious pressures.

Unlike Benedict Anderson, Gellner thought nations were not "imagined communities". In his book, Ernest Gellner explained how he thought nations originated. In his eyes, nations are entirely modern constructs and products of nationalism. Gellner believed nations to be a result of the Industrial Revolution.{{cite web|url= http://www.nationalismproject.org/books/g_h.htm#Anchor-Gellner-39029 |title=The Nationalism Project |website=NationalismProject.org |access-date=20 November 2016}} Since large numbers of people from different backgrounds were coming together in cities, a shared identity had to be made among them. The spread of capitalism brought the demand for constant retraining, and Gellner thought that as a result, the demand was met by creating a shared past, common culture, and language, which led to the birth of nations.

Gellner thought that nations were contingencies and not universal necessities. He said that our idea of the nation was as such.

Two men were only of the same only if they were from the same culture. In this case, culture is "a system of ideas, signs, associations, and ways of communicating."{{cite book|title=Nations and Nationalism |url= https://archive.org/details/nationsnationali00gell_655 |url-access=limited |last=Gellner |first=Ernest |publisher=Cornell University Press |year=1983 |location=Ithaca, New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/nationsnationali00gell_655/page/n3 6]–7 |quote=a system of ideas and signs and associations and ways of behaving and communicating}}

Two men are of the same nation only if they recognize each other as being a part of the same nation.

It was men's recognition of each other as people of the same kind that made them a nation and not their common attributes.{{cite book|title=Nations and Nationalism|url= https://archive.org/details/nationsnationali00gell_655|url-access=limited |last=Gellner |first=Ernest |publisher=Cornell University Press |year=1983 |location=Ithaca, New York |pages= [https://archive.org/details/nationsnationali00gell_655/page/n3 6]–7}}

In "The Philosophy of Nationalism", Paul Gilbert breaks down what he thinks a nation is, and his ideas contrast those of both Anderson and Gellner. In the book, Gilbert acknowledges that nations are many things. Gilbert says nations are:

Nominalist: Whatever a group of people who consider themselves a nation say a nation is.{{Cite web|url= http://www.nationalismproject.org/books/g_h.htm#Anchor-Gilbert-49575|title=The Nationalism Project |last=Gilbert |first=Paul |website=NationalismProject.org |publisher=Westview Press |access-date=29 November 2016}}

Voluntarist: "Group of people bound by a commonly willed nation."

Territorial: Group of people located in the same proximity, or territory.

Linguistic: People who share the same language.

Axiological: Group of people who have the same distinctive values.

Destination: Group of people who have a common history and a common mission.

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In countries that have multiple ethnic groups, ethnic and national identity may be in conflict.{{cite journal|title= Ethno-national conflict and its management|last1= Woods|first1= Eric|date= 2011|journal= Commonwealth & Comparative Politics|doi= 10.1080/14662043.2011.564469|last2= Schertzer|first2= Robert|author3-link=Eric Kaufmann|last3= Kaufmann|first3= Eric|volume=49|issue= 2|pages=153–161|s2cid= 154796642}} These conflicts are usually referred to as ethnonational conflicts. One of the famous ethnonational conflicts is the struggle between the Australian government and aboriginal population in Australia.{{cite journal|url= http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive/Issue-September-1998/batty.html|title= Saluting the dot-spangled banner: Aboriginal culture, national identity and the Australian Republic|last= Batty|first= Philip|date= 1997|journal= Australian Humanities Review|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112914/http://www.australianhumanitiesreview.org/archive/Issue-September-1998/batty.html|archive-date= 4 March 2016}} The Australian government and majority culture-imposed policies and framework that supported the majority, European-based cultural values, and a national language as English. The state did not support the Aboriginal cultures and languages, which were nearly eradicated by the state during the 20th century. Because of these conflicts, the Aboriginal population identifies less or does not identify with the national identity of being an Australian, but their ethnic identities are salient.{{cite journal|url= http://www.uvm.edu/~pdodds/files/papers/others/2000/howard2000a.pdf|title= Social Psychology of Identities|last= Howard |first=Judith |date=2000 |journal=Annual Review of Sociology |doi=10.1146/annurev.soc.26.1.367 |url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014447/http://www.uvm.edu/~pdodds/files/papers/others/2000/howard2000a.pdf |archive-date=5 March 2016 |volume=26 |pages=367–393}}

As immigration increases, many countries face the challenges of constructing national identity and accommodating immigrants.{{cite journal|jstor=20097447 |title= Immigration and National Identity: Constructing the Nation |last=Doty |first=Roxanne |date=1996 |journal=Review of International Studies |doi=10.1017/s0260210500118534 |volume=22 |issue=3 |pages=235–255 |s2cid=145766384}} Some countries are more inclusive in terms of encouraging immigrants to develop a sense of belonging to their host country. For example, Canada has the highest permanent immigration rates in the world. The Canadian government encourages immigrants to build a sense of belonging to Canada. It has fostered a more inclusive concept of national identity, which includes both people born in Canada and immigrants.{{cite book|title=Social Psychology of Social Problems: The intergroup context |last1=de Zavala |first1=Agnieszka |last2=Cichocka |first2= Aleksandra |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |year=2012 |isbn=978-1137272225 |pages=102–104}} Some countries are less inclusive. For example, Russia has experienced two major waves of immigration influx, one in the 1990s, and the other one after 1998. Immigrants were perceived negatively by the Russian people and were viewed as "unwelcome and abusive guests". Immigrants were considered outsiders and were excluded from sharing the national identity of belonging to Russia.{{cite web|url= https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/national-identity-through-the-prism-immigration-the-case-study-modern-russia|title= National Identity through the Prism of Immigration: The Case Study of Modern Russia |date=7 July 2011 |work=Kennan Institute |last=Liedy |first=Amy |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151117024925/https://www.wilsoncenter.org/publication/national-identity-through-the-prism-immigration-the-case-study-modern-russia |archive-date=17 November 2015}}

As the world becomes increasingly globalized, international tourism, communication, and business collaboration have increased.{{cite book|title= Globalization and Belonging: The Politics of Identity in a Changing World |last=Croucher |first=Sheila |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2004 |isbn=978-0742516793}} People around the world cross national borders more frequently to seek cultural exchange, education, business, and different lifestyles. Globalization promotes common values and experiences and encourages identification with the global community.{{cite book|title=Global Society and International Relations: Sociological Concepts and Political Perspectives |last= Shaw |first= Martin |publisher=Cambridge: Polity Press |year=2000}} People may adapt cosmopolitanism and view themselves as global beings, or world citizens.{{cite journal|url= http://www.kosmosjournal.org/article/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-global-citizen/ |title=What Does it Mean to be a Global Citizen |last=Israel |first=Ronald |date=2012 |journal=Kosmos Journal |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151209235938/http://www.kosmosjournal.org/article/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-global-citizen/ |archive-date= 9 December 2015}} This trend may threaten national identity because globalization undermines the importance of being a citizen of a particular country.{{cite book|title=Globalization and National Identity: Managing Ethnicity and Cultural Pluralism in Malaysia |last=Ibrahim |first=Zawawi |publisher=Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies |year=2004 |isbn=978-0971941649}}

Several researchers examined globalization and its impact on national identity. They found that as a country becomes more globalized, patriotism declines, which suggests that the increase in globalization is associated with less loyalty and less willingness to fight for one's own country.{{cite journal|title= Globalisation and the decline of national identity? An exploration across sixty-three countries |last=Ariely |first=Gal |date=2012 |journal=Nations and Nationalism|doi= 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2011.00532.x |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=461–482}}{{cite book|title= Value Contrasts and Consensus in Present-Day Europe: Painting Europe's Moral Landscapes |last1=Arts |first1=Wil |last2=Halman |first2=Loek |publisher=Brill |year= 2013 |isbn=978-9004261662}} However, even a nation like Turkey which occupies an important geographic trade crossroads and international marketplace with a tradition of liberal economic activity with an ingrained entrepreneurial and foreign trade has degrees of ethnocentrism as Turkish consumers may be basically rational buyers by not discriminating against imported products. Nevertheless, they exhibit preferences for local goods that are of equal quality to the imports because buying them assists the nation's economy and domestic employment.{{cite journal |last1=Acikdilli |first1=Gaye |last2=Ziemnowicz |first2=Christopher |last3=Bahhouth |first3=Victor |title=Consumer Ethnocentrism in Turkey: Ours are Better than Theirs |journal=Journal of International Consumer Marketing |issn=0896-1530 |doi=10.1080/08961530.2017.1361882 |volume=30 |issue=1 |year=2018 |pages=45–57|s2cid=168999049 }}

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In some cases, national identity collides with a person's civil identity. For example, many Israeli Arabs identify as Palestinians in Israel. At the same time, they are citizens of the state of Israel, which conflicts with the Palestinian nationality.{{cite journal|url= http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/youth/docs/Gibsons_lit_rev.pdf|title= Social Psychological Studies of National Identity: A literature review |last=Gibson|first=Stephen|date= 2002|journal= Sociology Youth and European Identity|url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160304073506/http://www.sociology.ed.ac.uk/youth/docs/Gibsons_lit_rev.pdf |archive-date= 4 March 2016}} Taiwanese also face a conflict of national identity with civil identity as there have been movements advocating formal "Taiwan Independence" and renaming "Republic of China" to "Republic of Taiwan".{{cite news|url= http://nationalinterest.org/feature/taiwans-identity-crisis-11093|title= Taiwan's Identity Crisis |last=Sullivan |first=Jonathan |date=18 August 2014 |work=The National Interest |url-status= live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023954/http://nationalinterest.org/feature/taiwans-identity-crisis-11093|archive-date= 2015-11-17}} Residents in Taiwan are issued national identification cards and passports under the country name "Republic of China", and a portion of them do not identify themselves with "Republic of China", but rather with "Republic of Taiwan".{{cite news|url= http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/11/15/2003280256|title= Taiwan's national identity in crisis |last=Seth |first=Sushil |date=15 November 2005 |work=Taipei Times |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151117021956/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2005/11/15/2003280256 |archive-date= 17 November 2015}}

National identity markers are those characteristics used to identify a person as possessing a particular national identity.{{cite book|last1=McCrone |first1=David |last2=Bechhofer |first2=Frank |title=Understanding National Identity |year=2015 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=9781316300824 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=DZzlBgAAQBAJ&q=National+identity+markers&pg=PA29 |chapter=Markers and rules |access-date=5 March 2018}} These markers are not fixed but fluid, varying from culture to culture and also within a culture over time. Such markers may include common language or dialect, national dress, birthplace, family affiliation, etc.{{cite journal|last1=Kiely |first1=Richard |last2=Bechhofer |first2=Frank |last3=Stewart |first3=Robert |last4=McCrone |first4=David |title=The Markers and Rules of Scottish National Identity |journal=The Sociological Review |date=25 January 2017 |volume=49 |issue=1 |pages=33–55 |doi=10.1111/1467-954X.00243|s2cid=143521468 }}{{cite journal|last1=Mansbach |first1=Richard |last2=Rhodes |first2=Edward |title=The National State and Identity Politics: State Institutionalisation and "Markers" of National Identity |journal=Geopolitics |date=31 May 2007 |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=426–458 |doi=10.1080/14650040701305633|s2cid=145098544 }}

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• Cosmopolitanism
• Culture of the United States
• Ethnic group
• Ethnocentrism
• Gastronationalism
• Globalization
• Identity (social science)
• Indonesian National Awakening
• Identity crisis
• Nationalism
• Patriotism
• Social identity theory
• Global citizenship
• Volkstum
• Volksgeist

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• {{cite book|last=Smith |first=Anthony D. |title=National identity |year=1993 |publisher=University of Nevada Press |isbn=9780874172041}}
• {{cite book |last=Huntington |first=Samuel P. |title=Who are we? : the challenges to America's national identity |year=2004 |publisher=Simon & Schuster |isbn=9780684870533 |url= https://archive.org/details/whoarewechalleng00hunt }}
• {{cite book |last=Janev |first=Igor |year=2021 |title=Prespa Agreement and its Effects on Macedonian Right to National Identity |publisher=Lambert |isbn=978-620-4-71741-8}}

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