Patriotism
['peɪtrɪətɪz(ə)m] or ['petrɪətɪzəm]
Definition
(noun.) 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'.
Typist: Norton--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Love of country.
Typist: Virginia
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. Combustible rubbish ready to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name.
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Examples
- The Athenian democracy suffered much from that narrowness of patriotism which is the ruin of all nations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Perhaps in England I may learn the meaning of the word patriotism. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- These latter pupils were not the only young men of promise whose vulgar faith and patriotism Socrates destroyed, to leave nothing in its place. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He came forward and was introduced, and made a speech appealing to the patriotism of the meeting. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Mexicans have shown a patriotism which it would be well if we would imitate in part, but with more regard to truth. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I may appeal to your patriotism also, for I could not imagine a greater misfortune for the country than that this affair should come out. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- No; I know nothing of patriotism. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- I do admire your patriotism. Jane Austen. Emma.
- No motives but motives of sheer patriotism? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- I like to see sturdy patriotism, on whatever side it is called forth--and so it's a spirited contest? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The only qualification which she demands is the profession of patriotism. Plato. The Republic.
- From his mother he had acquired a romantic Corsican patriotism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yet noble sentiments are constantly recurring: the true note of Roman patriotism--'We Romans are a great people'--resounds through the whole work. Plato. The Republic.
- The Jewish idea was and is a curious combination of theological breadth and an intense racial patriotism. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- For a time that war was waged by the new levies with a patriotism and a zeal unparalleled in the world's history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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