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Patriotism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Love of and devotion to one's country.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country

n. the desire to compete with other nations; nationalism

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Love of one's country; the passion which moves a person to serve his country, either in defending it from invasion or in protecting its rights and maintaining its laws and institutions.

n. Love of country embodied or personified; patriots collectively.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

Word Usage

"In a time when the term patriotism means supporting the nation's wars and statism, a libertarian patriotism has more in common with that advanced by The Nation magazine: The other company of patriots does not march to military time."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

loyalty trueness

Hyponym

ultranationalism superpatriotism jingoism Americanism chauvinism

Form

patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels matriotism

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

ultranationalism not superpatriotism jingoism pejorative qualifier nationalism chauvinism

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

loyalty piety generosity honesty zeal morality gratitude integrity ambition heroism