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pa·tri·ot·ism    Audio Help   [pey-tree-uh-tiz-uhm or, especially Brit., pa-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.

[Origin: 1720–30; patriot + -ism]
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pa·tri·ot·ism    Audio Help   (pā'trē-ə-tĭz'əm)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Love of and devotion to one's country.

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patriotism

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" 

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ˈpatriotism [ˈpӕ-, (especially American) ˈpei-] noun
(the showing of) great love for one's country
Arabic: وَطَنِيَّه، حُب الوَطَن
Chinese (Simplified): 爱国主义
Chinese (Traditional): 愛國主義
Czech: vlastenectví
Danish: patriotisme
Dutch: vaderlandsliefde
Estonian: isamaa-armastus
Finnish: isänmaanrakkaus
French: patriotisme
German: der Patriotismus
Greek: πατριωτισμός
Hungarian: hazaszeretet
Icelandic: þjóðrækni, föðurlandsást
Indonesian: patriotisme
Italian: patriottismo
Japanese: 愛国心
Korean: 애국심
Latvian: patriotisms, dzimtenes mīlestība
Lithuanian: patriotizmas
Norwegian: patriotisme
Polish: patriotyzm
Portuguese (Brazil): patriotismo
Portuguese (Portugal): patriotismo
Romanian: patriotism
Russian: патриотизм
Slovak: vlastenectvo
Slovenian: rodoljubnost
Spanish: patriotismo
Swedish: patriotism
Turkish: vatanseverlik
See also: patriot, patriotic

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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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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