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[syn: patriotism, nationalism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Patriotism \Pa"tri*ot*ism\, n. [Cf. F. patriotisme.]
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. --Berkley.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
patriotism
n 1: love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it; "they
rode the same wave of popular patriotism"; "British
nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran
high" [syn: patriotism, nationalism]
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one
ambitious to illuminate his name.
In Dr. Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the
last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened
but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first.