Editing Ultranationalism (section)

{{short description|Extreme form of nationalism}}
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'''Ultranationalism''', or '''extreme nationalism''', is an [[extremist]] form of [[nationalism]] in which a country asserts or maintains [[hegemony]], supremacy, or other forms of control over other nations (usually through violent coercion) to pursue its specific interests.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171226021746/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/us/ultranationalism/ Ultranationalism]. Oxford English Dictionary. Retrieved 19 June 2022.</ref><ref>[https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/ultranationalism Ultranationalism]. Collins English Dictionary. Retrieved 19 June 2022.</ref><ref name="Griffin"/> Ultranationalist entities have been associated with the engagement of [[political violence]] even during peacetime.<ref name="Holy"/>

In [[ideological]] terms, scholars such as the British political theorist [[Roger Griffin]] found that ultranationalism arises from seeing modern [[nation state]]s as living [[organism]]s. In stark [[mythological]] ways, political campaigners have divided societies into those that are perceived as being degenerately inferior and those perceived as having great [[cultural]] destinies. Ultranationalism has been an aspect of [[fascism]], with historic governments such as the regimes of [[Fascist Italy]] and [[Nazi Germany]] building on ultranationalist foundations by using specific plans for supposed widespread national renewal.<ref name="Griffin"/> Another major example was the [[Khmer Rouge]] regime in [[Democratic Kampuchea]] ([[Cambodia]]) that promoted ultranationalism.<ref name="Dunst 2018">{{cite news |last=Dunst|first=Charles|date=2018-11-16 |title=Khmer Rouge leaders convicted of genocide in landmark court ruling |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/southeast-asia/article/2173574/khmer-rouge-leaders-convicted-genocide-landmark-court |access-date=2023-01-18 |work=South China Morning Post}}</ref>