National Identity

Context:
- It can (typically) involve a shared National Language, such as a English and French in Canada.
- It can involve a shared Ancestry.
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Example(s):
Counter-Example(s):
- Gender Identity.
See: Chauvinism, Nation, National Symbol, National Consciousness, Patriotism.

References

(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.

"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. ...