Difference between Nationalistic and National

What is the difference between Nationalistic and National?

Nationalistic as an adjective is of, relating to, or advocating nationalism while National as an adjective is of or having to do with a nation or a nation state; relating to a whole country.

Nationalistic

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: of, relating to, or advocating nationalism

National

Part of speech: adjective

Definition: Of or having to do with a nation or a nation state; relating to a whole country.

Part of speech: noun

Definition: A citizen of a nation.A tournament in which participants from all over the nation compete.

Example sentence: Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt.

We hope you now know whether to use Nationalistic or National in your sentence.

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