National Identity

A National Identity is a collective identity associated with a nation.

• Context:
  • It can (typically) involve a National Story (national heritage).
  • It can (often) involve a shared National Language.
  • It can (often) involve a [[[Shared Ancestry]].
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• Example(s):
  • American National Identity among American people who identify with American heritage (and likely speak English Language).
  • French National Identity among French people who identify with French heritage (and likely speak French Language).
  • Aztec National Identity among Aztec people who identified with Aztec heritage (and likely spoke Nahuatl Language).
  • Incan National Identity among Incan people who identified with Incan heritage (and likely spoke Quechua Language).
  • Mayan National Identity among Mayan people who identified with Mayan heritage (and likely spoke various Mayan Languages).
  • Olmec National Identity among Olmec people who identified with Olmec heritage (and likely spoke an unknown language).
  • Zapotec National Identity among Zapotec people who identified with Zapotec heritage (and likely spoke Zapotecan Languages).
  • Moche National Identity among Moche people who identified with Moche heritage (and likely spoke a lost language).
  • Nok National Identity among Nok people who identified with Nok heritage (and likely spoke an unknown language).
  • Ancestral Puebloan National Identity among Ancestral Puebloans who identified with Ancestral Puebloan heritage (and likely spoke Keresan Language or Tanoan Language).
  • Mound Builder National Identity among Mound Builders who identified with Mound Builder heritage (and likely spoke various Native American Languages).
  • Polynesian National Identity among Polynesian people who identified with early Polynesian heritage (and likely spoke Proto-Polynesian Language).
  • Khmer National Identity among Ancient Khmer people who identified with Angkorian heritage (and likely spoke Old Khmer Language).
  • Srivijayan National Identity among Srivijayan people who identified with Srivijayan heritage (and likely spoke Old Malay Language).
  • Ghanaian National Identity (Ancient) among Ancient Ghanaian people who identified with Ancient Ghanaian heritage (and likely spoke a Soninke Language).
  • Xiongnu National Identity among Xiongnu people who identified with Xiongnu heritage (and likely spoke an unknown language).
  • Austronesian National Identity among Austronesian people who identified with early Austronesian heritage (and likely spoke Proto-Austronesian Language).
  • Mississippian National Identity among Mississippian people who identified with Mississippian heritage (and likely spoke various Siouan Languages).
  • Jewish National Identity among Jewish people who identify with Jewish heritage (and may speak Hebrew Language or Yiddish Language).
  • Indian National Identity among Indian people who identify with Indian heritage (and speak various Indian Languages such as Hindi Language or Bengali Language).
  • Russian National Identity among Russian people who identify with Russian heritage (and likely speak Russian Language).
  • Turkish National Identity among Turkish people who identify with Turkish heritage (and likely speak Turkish Language).
  • Brazilian National Identity among Brazilian people who identify with Brazilian heritage (and likely speak Portuguese Language).
  • Egyptian National Identity among Egyptian people who identify with Egyptian heritage (and likely speak Arabic Language).
  • Greek National Identity among Greek people who identify with Greek heritage (and likely speak Greek Language).
  • Korean National Identity among Korean people who identify with Korean heritage (and likely speak Korean Language).
  • Tibetan National Identity among Tibetan people who identify with Tibetan heritage (and likely speak Tibetan Language).
  • East Timorese National Identity among East Timorese people who identify with East Timorese heritage (and likely speak Tetum Language and Portuguese Language).
  • Apache National Identity among Apache people who identify with Apache heritage (and likely speak Apachean Languages).
  • Kwakwaka'wakw National Identity among Kwakwaka'wakw people who identify with Kwakwaka'wakw heritage (and likely speak Kwak'wala Language).
  • Hawaiian National Identity among Native Hawaiian people who identify with Hawaiian heritage (and likely speak Hawaiian Language).
  • Quechua National Identity among Quechua people who identify with Quechua heritage (and speak Quechua Language).
  • Māori National Identity among Māori people who identify with Māori heritage (and likely speak Māori Language).
  • Basque National Identity among Basque people who identify with Basque heritage (and likely speak Basque language).
  • Persian National Identity among Persian people who identified with Persian heritage (and likely spoke Old Persian Language).
  • Mongol National Identity among Mongol people who identified with Mongol heritage (and likely spoke Mongolian Language).
  • Turkic National Identity among Turkic people who identified with Turkic heritage (and likely spoke Turkic Languages).
  • Armenian National Identity among Armenian people who identified with Armenian heritage (and likely spoke Armenian Language).
  • Kurdish National Identity among Kurdish people who identify with Kurdish heritage (and likely speak Kurdish Language).
  • Phoenician National Identity among Phoenician people who identified with Phoenician heritage (and likely spoke Phoenician Language).
  • Sumerian National Identity among Sumerian people who identified with Sumerian heritage (and likely spoke Sumerian Language).
  • Assyrian National Identity among Assyrian people who identified with Assyrian heritage (and likely spoke Akkadian Language).
  • Hittite National Identity among Hittite people who identified with Hittite heritage (and likely spoke Hittite Language).
  • Carthaginian National Identity among Carthaginian people who identified with Carthaginian heritage (and likely spoke Punic Language).
  • Minoan National Identity among Minoan people who identified with Minoan heritage (and spoke an undeciphered language).
  • Babylonian National Identity among Babylonian people who identified with Babylonian heritage (and likely spoke Akkadian Language).
  • Etruscan National Identity among Etruscan people who identified with Etruscan heritage (and likely spoke Etruscan Language).
  • Elamite National Identity among Elamite people who identified with Elamite heritage (and likely spoke Elamite Language).
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Gender Identity among gender-identifying individuals (who identify with a particular gender).
  • Religious Identity among religious-identifying individuals (who identify with a particular religion).
  • Occupational Identity among occupation-identifying individuals (who identify with a particular occupation).
  • Sexual Orientation Identity among sexual orientation-identifying individuals (who identify with a particular sexual orientation).
  • Familial Identity among family-identifying individuals (who identify with a particular family).
  • Class Identity among class-identifying individuals (who identify with a particular social class).
  • Regional Identity among region-identifying individuals (who identify with a particular region).
  • Subcultural Identity among subculture-identifying individuals (who identify with a particular subculture).
• See: Chauvinism, Nation, National Symbol, National Consciousness, Patriotism.

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References

2021

• (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/national_identity Retrieved:2021-5-10.
  • National identity is a person's identity or sense of belonging to one state or to one nation. It is the sense of "a nation as a cohesive whole, as represented by distinctive traditions, culture, and language." National identity may refer to the subjective feeling one shares with a group of people about a nation, regardless of one's legal citizenship status. National identity is viewed in psychological terms as "an awareness of difference", a "feeling and recognition of 'we' and 'they'". As a collective phenomenon, national identity can arise as a direct result of the presence of elements from the "common points" in people's daily lives: national symbols, language, the nation's history, national consciousness, and cultural artifacts. The expression of one's national identity seen in a positive light is patriotism which is characterized by national pride and positive emotion of love for one's country. The extreme expression of national identity is chauvinism, which refers to the firm belief in the country's superiority and extreme loyalty toward one's country.

2017

• "What It Takes to Truly Be ‘One of Us'."
  • QUOTE: In U.S., Canada, Europe, Australia and Japan, publics say language matters more to national identity than birthplace

    ... In particular, the ethnic, linguistic and cultural background of migrants has triggered intense debates over the benefits and the costs of growing diversity and the risk of open borders to national identity. Unease over the cultural, economic and security ramifications of immigration helped to fuel the Brexit vote in the United Kingdom, encourage the idea of a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border and broaden support for right-wing populist parties in France, Germany and the Netherlands. ...

    ... very few people make a strong connection between the locale of one’s birth and national identity. ...

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