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[jbovlaste] Re: Alice in Wonderland 12




>>>
>>> {natpa'i} already exists in jbovlaste:patriot; nationalist
>>> I would understand a {naijgi} to be a milder version of a {natpa'i}.
>>
>>I wouldn't think they would be mild vs strong, exactly.  I'd think a
>>naijgi is someone who's proud of their nation, and a natpa'i is
>>someone who loves their nation.  You might be naijgi without having
>>the depth of feeling to be natpa'i, so it could be milder in that
>>sense, but I'd think you could also be very natpa'i without being
>>naijgi, for instance if your nation which you deeply love is taking
>>actions about which you're ashamed.  It seems to me they're both good
>>translations for "patriotic", depending on context, and it seems to me
>>a beautiful and useful distinction.
>>
Good point!!  But, in that case, {natjgi} aligns better with 
'patriot/nationalist' than 

does {natpa'i} - if you support the idea that nationalists tend to support their 

nations 'right ot wrong'.

Also, {natpa'i} would sem to be a super-set of {natjgi}.

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