patriotism B2 Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈpeɪtɹi.əˌtɪzəm/ UK /ˈpætɹi.əˌtɪzəm/ See IPA manual Freq #16816 Meanings 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 Common collocations popular patriotism Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From patriot + -ism. *peh₂- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # patriotism **Type:** Word **Level:** B2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈpeɪtɹi.əˌtɪzəm/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈpætɹi.əˌtɪzəm/ **Frequency rank:** 16816 ## Meanings 1. Love of your country and a willingness to support and defend it. ## Examples - The crowd was filled with patriotism as the team won the gold medal. ## Derived Forms - antipatriotism - hyperpatriotism - linguopatriotism - matriotism - overpatriotism - ultrapatriotism - unpatriotism ## Roots and Affixes - Root: *peh₂- ## Etymology From patriot + -ism. ## AI Etymology Patriotism comes from patriot + -ism. Modern senses include love of your country and a willingness to support and defend it. The wider word family includes derivatives such as antipatriotism, hyperpatriotism, linguopatriotism, matriotism, overpatriotism, and ultrapatriotism. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown