US /ˈpeɪtɹi.əˌtɪzəm/ UK /ˈpætɹi.əˌtɪzəm/
noun Freq #16816

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Love of your country and a willingness to support and defend it.

    The crowd was filled with patriotism as the team won the gold medal.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · love of your country and a... nationalism
Word family
Derived forms antipatriotismhyperpatriotismlinguopatriotismmatriotismoverpatriotismultrapatriotismunpatriotism

Etymology

From patriot + -ism.

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