Ultranationalism is defined as an extreme form of nationalism in which it promotes the interest of one state or people above all others. Ultranationalism is the root or cause of genocide to a large extent because it is often that leaders who have caused genocide develop feelings of ethnocentrism, which is a feeling that describes one who holds their ethnicity superior to others. This leads to thinking of other nations as inferior. When this happens, leaders who have feelings of ultranationalism are obliged to eradicate any signs of other nations, in order to achieve dominance for their nation. This is shown in the attempts of genocide within Bosnia, wherein Bosnian Muslims, who are also known as Bosniaks, were removed from the country by
