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
Until the 1960s, the media profited from patriotism; today, partisanship is profitable.
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Gil Troy, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
Carson, a former secretary of Housing and Urban Development as well as a retired neurosurgeon, said schools are failing to teach accurate history lessons about America — and are instead influencing students with ideas that undermine patriotism and traditional values.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
The slippery intercontinental patriotism is intriguing, even in songs that strain to give seven guys the same time of day.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Decades of growing Irish patriotism resulted in Irish Aid societies and annual parades of bagpipes and drums.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
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Gil Troy, New York Daily News, 29 Mar. 2026
Carson, a former secretary of Housing and Urban Development as well as a retired neurosurgeon, said schools are failing to teach accurate history lessons about America — and are instead influencing students with ideas that undermine patriotism and traditional values.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2026
The slippery intercontinental patriotism is intriguing, even in songs that strain to give seven guys the same time of day.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
Decades of growing Irish patriotism resulted in Irish Aid societies and annual parades of bagpipes and drums.
—Alexis Simmerman, Austin American Statesman, 17 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patriotism
nationalism
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Pitcavage also noted media preserved on the shooter’s devices related to Serbian nationalism and the 1999 Columbine shooting.—
Nick Penzenstadler,
USA Today,
19 Apr. 2026
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How did the virulent nationalism and fraught politics of France’s interwar period—no less racked by crisis than its nuclear-era dénouement—inform the artist’s approach to figure and form?—
Ara H. Merjian,
ARTnews.com,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Patriotism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriotism. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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