Patriotism

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  • noun. Love of and devotion to one's country.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Love of country embodied or personified; patriots collectively.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. 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
  • noun. the desire to compete with other nations; nationalism
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
    • Word Usage
    "As in patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    loyalty  trueness  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Americanism  chauvinism  jingoism  superpatriotism  ultranationalism  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ambition  charity  chivalry  eloquence  generosity  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    chauvinism  jingoism  nationalism  not  pejorative  
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