Back قومية مقدونية Arabic Македонизъм Bulgarian ناسیۆنالیزمی مەقدوونی CKB Makedoonia rahvuslus Estonian Nationalisme macédonien French Nacionalismo macedonio Galician Մակեդոնիզմ Armenian Nasionalisme Makedonia ID Makedoniana nacionalismo IO მაკედონიზმი Georgian
Macedonian nationalism (Macedonian: македонски национализам, pronounced [makɛdonski nat͡sionalizam]), sometimes referred to as Macedonianism,[1][2][3] is a general grouping of nationalist ideas and concepts among ethnic Macedonians that were first formed in the second half of the 19th century among separatists seeking the autonomy of the region of Macedonia from the Ottoman Empire. The idea evolved during the early 20th century alongside the first expressions of ethnic nationalism among the Slavs of Macedonia. The separate Macedonian nation gained recognition during World War II when the Socialist Republic of Macedonia was created as part of Yugoslavia. Macedonian historiography has since established links between the ethnic Macedonians and various historical events and individual figures that occurred in and originated from Macedonia, which range from the Middle Ages up to the 20th century. Following the independence of the Republic of Macedonia in the late 20th century, the country's neighbours have disputed the existence of the Macedonian national identity, which is referred to in a derogatory way as Macedonism. Also, issue arose over what they consider an aggressive Macedonian nationalism, which holds more extreme beliefs such as an unbroken continuity between ancient Macedonians and modern ethnic Macedonians, also views connected to the irredentist concept of a United Macedonia, which involves large portions of Greece and Bulgaria, alongside smaller portions of Albania, Kosovo and Serbia.
- ^ Raymond Detrez; Pieter Plas (13 December 2003). Developing Cultural Identity in the Balkans: Convergence Vs. Divergence. Peter Lang. p. 184. ISBN 9789052012971. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ Dimitris Keridis (1 July 2009). Historical Dictionary of Modern Greece. Scarecrow Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780810863125. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
- ^ Rossos, Andrew (2008). Macedonia and the Macedonians (PDF). Hoover Institution Press. pp. 155, 165. ISBN 978-0817948832. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.