Coptic nationalism is the ideology that the Copts constitute a nation. This is the basic definition – an ideology based on the belief that the Copts constitute a cultural nation, unique and different from the Arabs and Nuba of Egypt.
This ideology is bigger than the belief that the Copts constitute a religious sect or minority. The Copts are more than that.
The aims and methods of such nationalism we have talked about elsewhere. Here we just want to stress the core definition.