as in nationalism
love and support for one's country
her patriotism was so heartfelt that she devoted her life to serving her country
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Recent Examples of patriotism
Advertisement The move revives a long-running political fight over patriotism and protest that the Court sought to settle in 1989.
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Nik Popli, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
The game is a gonzo Kojima production through and through, tonally whipping between self-serious conversations about the nature of war and patriotism, and villains who can shoot lighting from their hands or morph into a swarm of bees.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Olympians play for their country and companies want to align with patriotism.
—Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
This is my kind of patriotism — very different from the unquestioning, nationalistic and sycophantic allegiance demanded by the Don.
—Mike McGrew, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
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Nik Popli, Time, 25 Aug. 2025
The game is a gonzo Kojima production through and through, tonally whipping between self-serious conversations about the nature of war and patriotism, and villains who can shoot lighting from their hands or morph into a swarm of bees.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
Olympians play for their country and companies want to align with patriotism.
—Daniel Kaplan, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
This is my kind of patriotism — very different from the unquestioning, nationalistic and sycophantic allegiance demanded by the Don.
—Mike McGrew, Baltimore Sun, 18 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for patriotism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for patriotism
nationalism
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The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was banned multiple times after India gained independence, including for its links to Mahatma Gandhi’s assassination, and has long been criticized for religious nationalism.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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With the media’s normalization of white nationalism, recent years have made clear that there is a new urgency to assess the role that artists, through works of art, have played to illuminate the searing contours of the American body politic.—
Simon Njami,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Patriotism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriotism. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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