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
People spanning the width of the streets are passionately chanting and hoisting their picket signs in a patriotic parade, of sorts.
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Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
Okewole noted the patriotic significance of including this song in the repertoire.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
This throws fuel on the already burning flames of modern India’s de facto patriotic sentiments, wherein the country’s Hindu majority (via an ethnonationalist movement known as Hindutva) is given free rein, not unlike Hamza, to lynch minorities.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
But organizers say challenging the administration through protest is inherently patriotic.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
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Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 28 Mar. 2026
Okewole noted the patriotic significance of including this song in the repertoire.
—Caché McClay, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
This throws fuel on the already burning flames of modern India’s de facto patriotic sentiments, wherein the country’s Hindu majority (via an ethnonationalist movement known as Hindutva) is given free rein, not unlike Hamza, to lynch minorities.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
But organizers say challenging the administration through protest is inherently patriotic.
—Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patriotic
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Israel’s national security minister is slamming the Muslim-majority countries that have denounced its controversial bill to effectively expand the death penalty for Palestinians convicted of terrorism and nationalistic murders.—
Gonzalo Zegarra,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
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Aside from religious and nationalistic appeals, the Basij has been kept in line through economic incentives.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Apr. 2026
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Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.—
Manuela Moscoso,
Artforum,
2 Apr. 2026
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The recruitment drive is also notable for tapping into nationalist sentiment, rather than Islamic or revolutionary sentiment, likely cognizant of the regime’s waning popularity.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
1 Apr. 2026
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“Patriotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriotic. Accessed 9 Apr. 2026.
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