PATRIOTIC Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

patriotic

adjective

ˌpā-trē-ˈä-tik

Definition of patriotic

as in nationalistic

having or showing love and support for one's country hanging a flag outside one's home is a patriotic gesture

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Recent Examples of patriotic Flag lowering and raising ceremonies, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and the singing of patriotic songs remain mainstays at many summer camps today. — Seth T. Kannarr, Fortune, 13 July 2026 The administration then prioritized grant applications that focused on more patriotic works, like military band performances. — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 10 July 2026 Many runners embraced a patriotic theme with their Peachtree costumes this year. — Nicole Bennett, AJC.com, 10 July 2026 Through mandatory patriotic education campaigns, monks and nuns are required to study CCP ideology, Chinese law, and the speeches of Xi Jinping. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 9 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for patriotic

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When former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán unveiled such a nationalistic monument in Budapest, the cosmopolitan bastion of the Hungarian political left, it was interpreted as a victory lap.

— Brett R. Chloupek, The Conversation, 15 July 2026
The Falklands remain a nationalistic symbol within Argentina.

— Colin Millar, New York Times, 14 July 2026

Definition of nationalistic

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Farage has always refused to admit the prominent far-right activist Tommy Robinson to his party, because the latter was once a member of an explicitly white-nationalist organization, the British National Party.

— Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 26 July 2026
The protests posed the most serious challenge to the 12-year rule of India's Hindu nationalist prime minister Narendra Modi.

— Diaa Hadid, NPR, 25 July 2026

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