nationalist

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The KMT was based in China until 1949 when Chiang Kai-shek and his nationalist KMT troops fled to Taiwan to set up a rival government after losing a civil war to the communist forces.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

Ultimately, he became a nationalist, and he paid plenty of attention to political borders.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2026

This outlook is even quite common among nationalist supporters.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2026

In other words, they want to separate the intensely nationalist and heavily commercialized Olympic movement from the crucial mission of preventing abuse in amateur sports.

From Salon • Feb. 22, 2026

This was the first definitive film stock collection of the life of Malcolm X and it traveled extensively throughout the nation’s university circuit as well as to civil rights and Afro-American nationalist events.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey