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The opposite of nationalism is Internationalism and anti-nationalism.


Nationalism in left-right politicsEdit






Nationalism and imperialismEdit

Nationalism had an important role in ending the colonial rule. Nationalism spread to colonies and made their people desire independence. Nationalism also made the people in metropolitan states (countries that colonized others) accept more the desire of other people to rule themselves. However nationalists think that the end of colonialization of Africa was not done well. They think that there would not be so many conflicts in Africa if African nations had built in a nationalist way (so that every ethnic group is its own nation). After the imperialists left their African colonies, the new nations were built with borders that were not the same as the ethnic borders. New nations became nations with many ethnic groups, which do not want to or cannot live peacefully in the same society with the others.

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  1. "nationalism Definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary". Retrieved 2017-02-08.