It may be, for example, that both are effects of a prior common cause. Causal arguments are often wishful thinking, where the speaker is seeking to prove their case, and hopes (as with other fallacies) that their causal assertion is not challenged.
Civic nationalism is a form of Nationalism that aims to accept all current residents of a nation whatever their race, religion or language. Many, though not all, civic nationalists are liberals.
Freebase(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: Nation may refer to a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, or history. However, it can also refer to people who share a common territory and government irrespective of their ethnic make-up; that is, a nation state.