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This is just false. Nationalism is just the idea that a nation should be sovereign. The Meriam Webster definition you cited is just a contemporary definition, the original definition is the second one listed here:
Source: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nationalism
Nationalism isn't a more extreme version of patriotism. Nationalism describes an ideology while patriotism describes a particular set of emotions. The two could overlap, but they're not the same thing at different points of a spectrum.