If someone is nationalistic, they believe — often loudly — that their own country is better, more important, or more deserving than other countries, and they want politics and daily life to show it.

If someone is nationalistic如果一個人是nationalisticthey believe他們會相信 — often loudly常常是大聲地 — that their own country is better, more important, or more deserving than other countries自己的國家比別的國家更好、更重要或更應得and they want politics and daily life to show it而且希望政治和日常生活都表現出這一點。

The word is stronger than patriotic, and in careful English it usually leans negative. Patriotic can be a quiet love of home, a flag on a holiday, a lump in the throat at a song. Nationalistic is that feeling turned into a ranking: we are above you.

The word這個字is stronger than patriotic比patriotic更強烈and in careful English而在講究用字的英文裡it usually leans negative通常偏負面。Patriotic愛國（patriotic）can be a quiet love of home可以只是一種對家的安靜的愛a flag on a holiday節日時掛的一面旗a lump in the throat at a song聽到一首歌時喉頭一緊的感動。Nationalistic而nationalisticis that feeling turned into a ranking是那種感情變成了排名：we are above you我們比你高一等。

News writers use it about parties, speeches, schoolbooks, and crowds.

News writers新聞寫作者use it about parties, speeches, schoolbooks, and crowds會用這個字形容政黨、演講、教科書和群眾。

Calling a person or a policy nationalistic is often a criticism, though the people it describes may call themselves proud or patriotic instead.

Calling a person or a policy nationalistic把一個人或一項政策稱為nationalisticis often a criticism通常是一種批評though the people it describes不過被這樣形容的人may call themselves proud or patriotic instead可能反而會說自己是驕傲的、愛國的。

It is about attitude, not about the government owning factories (that is nationalize).

It它is about attitude講的是態度not about the government owning factories而不是政府擁有工廠這件事(that is nationalize)（那個叫做nationalize，國有化）。