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Definition of Patriotism
1. Noun. Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it. "British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high"
Generic synonyms: Loyalty, Trueness
Specialized synonyms: Americanism, Chauvinism, Jingoism, Superpatriotism, Ultranationalism
Derivative terms: Nationalist, Nationalistic, Patriotic
Definition of Patriotism
1. 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.
Definition of Patriotism
1. Noun. 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Patriotism
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Patriotism
Literary usage of Patriotism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Reason; Or, The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana (1905)
"patriotism envisages this ideal life in so far as it is locally coloured and
grounded in certain racial aptitudes and traditions; but the community ..."
2. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"AMERICAN patriotism (Delivered at the Dedication of the Cuyahoga County Soldiers
... With patriotism in our hearts and with the flag of our country in our ..."
3. Swords and Ploughshares: Or, The Supplanting of the System of War by the by Lucia Trus (Ames) Mead (1912)
"Probably no word, except religion, has been so much abused and misused as this
other sacred word, "patriotism." Religion has been confounded with ..."
4. Europe's Morning After by Kenneth Lewis Roberts (1921)
"If patriotism were edible, the Poles could eat a square meal every half hour,
... Poland holds the long-distance patriotism championship of the world. ..."
5. Europe's Morning After by Kenneth Lewis Roberts (1921)
"EUROPE'S MORNING AFTER I POLAND FOR patriotism IP patriotism could be ...
If patriotism were edible, the Poles could eat a square meal every half hour, ..."
6. The Contemporary Review (1873)
"THE BIAS OF patriotism. OUR country, right or wrong," is a sentiment not unfrequently
expressed on the other side of the Atlantic ; and, if I remember ..."
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