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noun
Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The actions of a patriot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The desire to compete sharply with, and perhaps also dominate, other nations; nationalism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Synonyms: chauvinism, superpatriotism
Antonyms: none provided
noun
love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: nationalism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: loyalty, trueness
Narrower terms: Americanism, chauvinism, jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism
History
Etymology tree English patriot Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English patriotism From patriot + -ism.
Across languages
113 source translations are retained for this English entry.
