Nationalist

A proponent of Nationalism

Nationalists want citizenship to be the sole basis of their group identity.

by KalluHavumaki609 February 23, 2020

nationalism

Feelings against other nations.

"Mmm, mmm, mmm, gotta love that good ol' nationalism!"

by C. Rul E. N. March 8, 2021

nationalisticalationilism

a cool way to say nationalism, also a good word to use while playing word bomb

Dude: hey are you a fan of nationalism?
Gabe: you mean nationalisticalationilism?
Dude: no i mean nationalism
Gabe: lol ur lame

by [e-mail] May 13, 2022

Nationalist

A person whose sense of identity is bound to their nationality.

Pedro feels like being Mexican is an intrinsic part of his identity. Pedro is a Mexican nationalist.

by Callivan January 18, 2023

Rationality Blind Spot

The failure to recognize when your own commitment to being "rational" has itself become an irrational, identity-driven posture. It's the inability to see that your hyper-rational, emotion-dismissing approach might be blinding you to important factors like empathy, ethics, or social context, and that this inflexibility is itself a form of bias. You're so busy looking for emotional bias in others, you don't see the cold, calculating bias in yourself.

Example: "He proposed solving the budget deficit by auctioning off national parks, citing pure economic rationality. When people called it heartless, he accused them of emotional thinking. His rationality blind spot prevented him from seeing that his model completely ignored the non-monetary value of heritage, ecology, and public well-being—a massive irrational omission."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Rationality Forging

Creating a counterfeit version of a rational process—a fake cost-benefit analysis, a rigged Bayesian update, or a distorted decision matrix—where the numbers, probabilities, or utilities are invented or manipulated to justify an irrational desire. It's dressing up a gut feeling or a bias in the ceremonial robes of rational choice theory to make it look dignified and unassailable.

Example: "He forged a rationality to buy the jet ski. His spreadsheet assigned an 85% utility score to 'summer fun,' quantified 'midlife crisis avoidance' as a $5,000 value, and listed the risk of drowning as 'negligible (0.1%).' The output said 'BUY.' It wasn't reasoning; it was a numerically themed birthday wish he'd typed into Excel." Rationality Forging

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Rationality Crafting

The sophisticated design of a framework or worldview that uses the language and tools of rationality (calibration, probabilistic thinking, epistemic humility) not to seek truth, but to protect a core set of beliefs or identities. It's building an elaborate, self-consistent rational fortress where updates are only allowed in certain directions, and all counter-evidence is processed through defensive filters labeled "skepticism."

Example: "He crafted a rationality around his political tribalism. He used Bayesian terms to dismiss opposing studies ('low prior'), framed hypocrisy charges as 'whataboutism' to avoid engagement, and used 'steelmanning' only on his own side's weakest arguments. It was a formidable, internally consistent system crafted for defense, not discovery." Rationality Crafting

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026