Meanings
plural homonationalisms
- countableneologismuncountableThe favourable association of LGBTI people and/or LGBTI rights with a nationalist ideology.
There is a vicious circle of escalating antagonism between the new homonationalism of LGBTQI communities and what can by analogy be called “heteronationalism”: the adoption of anti-LGBTQI attitudes as an expression of insurgent national, ethnic and/or religious identity.
2016 August 31, Peter Drucker, “Homonationalism, Heteronationalism and LGBTI Rights in the EU”, in Public Seminar
Origin
Coined by Jasbir Puar. From homo- + nationalism.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan homonacionalisme
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Dutch homonationalisme
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French homonationalisme
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German Homonationalismus
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Greek ομοεθνικισμός
- ομοεθνικισμός (omoethnikismós)Translations
Italian omonazionalismo
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Romanian homonaționalism
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Russian гомонационализм
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Spanish homonacionalismo
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Swedish homonationalism
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Cite this entry
homonationalism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homonationalism
“homonationalism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homonationalism. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “homonationalism,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/homonationalism.
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