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PATRIOTISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
Example:
British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high
Synonyms:
nationalism; patriotism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("patriotism" is a kind of...):
loyalty; trueness (the quality of being loyal)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "patriotism"):
Americanism (loyalty to the United States and its institutions)
chauvinism; jingoism; superpatriotism; ultranationalism (fanatical patriotism)
Derivation:
patriotic (inspired by love for your country)
