Meaning of patriotism | Babel Free

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1. Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
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2. Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country
3. Love of and devotion to one's country.
4. The actions of a patriot
5. The desire to compete sharply with, and perhaps also dominate, other nations; nationalism.
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6. devoted love, support, and defense of one's country; national loyalty.
7. The desire to compete sharply with, and perhaps also dominate, other nations; nationalism
8. a devoted love, support, and defense of one’s country; national loyalty. — patriot, n. — patriotic, adj.
9. a person who loves (and serves) his country. Many terrorists consider themselves to be patriots fighting for freedom. patriot وَطَني، مُحِب لِوَطَنِه родолюбец patriota vlastenec, -ka der/die Patriot(in) patriot πατριώτηςpatriota isamaalane وطن پرست patriootti patrioteפטריוט देशभक्त rodoljub hazafi patriot föðurlandsvinur patriota 愛国者 애국자 patriotas patriots patriot patriotpatriotpatriota وطن پالونكى patriota patriot патриот vlastenec, -nka rodoljub patriota patriot ผู้รักชาติ vatansever 愛國者 п...
10. (negative unpatriotic) having or showing great love for one's country. He is so patriotic that he refuses to buy anything made abroad. patrioties وَطَني родолюбив patriótico vlastenecký partiotisch patriotisk πατριωτικόςpatriótico isamaalik میهن دوست patrioottinen patriotique פַּטרִיוֹטִי देशभक्ति पूर्ण rodoljuban hazafias patriotik þjóðrækinn patriottico 愛国的な 애국적인 patriotinis, patriotiškas patriotisks patriotik vaderlandslievendpatriotiskpatriotyczny وطن پالونكى patriótico patriot(ic) патрио...
    negative
11. patrioties بِوَطَنِيَّه،وَطَنِيَّا родолюбиво patrioticamente vlastenecky patriotisch patriotiskt πατριωτικά patrióticamente isamaalikult بطور میهن دوستانه patrioottisesti patriotiquement בְּאוֹפֶן פַּטרִיוֹטִי देशभक्तिपूर्वक hazafiúi módon secara patriotik þjóðræknislega patriotticamente 愛国的に 애국적으로 patriotiškai patriotiski patriotik op een vaderlandslievende manier patriotisk patriotycznie دوطن پالنى په توګه patrioticamente cu patriotism патриотически vlastenecky rodoljubno patriotski patrio...
12. (the showing of) great love for one's country. patriotisme وَطَنِيَّه، حُب الوَطَن родолюбие patriotismo vlastenectví der Patriotismus patriotisme πατριωτισμόςpatriotismo isamaa-armastus عرق ملی isänmaallisuus patriotismeפטריוטיות देशभक्ति patriotizam, rodoljublje hazaszeretet patriotisme þjóðrækni, föðurlandsást patriottismo 愛国心 애국(심) patriotizmas patriotisms, dzimtenes mīlestība kesetianegaraan vaderlandsliefdepatriotisme patriotyzm وطن پالنه، هېواد پالنه patriotismo patriotism патриотизм v...
13. devotion to one's own country and concern for its defence. Compare nationalism
14. n → Patriotismus m, → Vaterlandsliebe f
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Examples

“That public virtue, which among the ancients was denominated patriotism, is derived from a strong sense of our own interest in the preservation and prosperity of the free government of which we are members.”

“In the hour of death we shall have the consolation to see established in the land of our fathers the most wonderful work of wisdom and disinterested patriotism that has ever yet appeared on the globe.”

“The subject of his play was the fate of Agis, the young and heroic King of Sparta: it gave the ideal of patriotism, relieved by the tenderness of sorrow, and the fidelity of love.”

“Both Blimps and highbrows took for granted, as though it were a law of nature, the divorce between patriotism and intelligence. If you were a patriot you read Blackwood's Magazine and publicly thanked God that you were "not brainy". If you were an intellectual you sniggered at the Union Jack and regarded physical courage as barbarous. It is obvious that this preposterous convention cannot continue... Patriotism and intelligence will have to come together again.”

“I told the Governors that I had never questioned the capacity or the sincerity or the ability of a man because he belonged to a different political party. No party had an overriding claim to patriotism. The times, I said, demanded that we put away our differences and close ranks in a determined effort to make our system of government function.”

“The most extraordinary positive development in Czechoslovakia since its creation in 1918, the tumultuous outpouring of patriotism and protest was dared by students and intellectuals and soon embraced steel-workers and elderly pensioners.”

“In Europe's capital, Brussels, technocrats, strategists and legislators increasingly see their role as being the global balancer between America and China. Jorgo Chatzimarkakis, a German member of the European Parliament, calls it 'European patriotism.' The Europeans play both sides, and if they do it well, they profit handsomely”

“"I have the intense patriotism of an immigrant," says Ferguson”

“Near-synonyms: chauvinism, superpatriotism”

“Patriotism cannot be good. What produces war is the desire for an exclusive good for one’s own nation – that is called patriotism. And so to abolish war, it is necessary to abolish patriotism, and to abolish patriotism, it is necessary first to become convinced that it is an evil.”

“Economic protectionism within the older member states has, in fact, increased in the past year. Calls for economic patriotism have given rise to efforts to create national champions designed to protect key strategic industries from foreign competition.”

“The idea that Ireland's rugby and soccer fans would have to go to England to follow their teams was intrinsically unpalatable, Kelly said, but he was also motivated by common sense: "That would have been an immense cost to the economy, it would have been a major drain on the fans, but the prestige and image of the country would also have been affected badly." / His pragmatic patriotism paid off.”

“"It is not only an international sports event, but also a very important political mission," stated a 2006 opinion article in the People's Daily. "It is not only an Olympic feast for the Chinese people, it can also arouse Chinese patriotism."”

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