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
There was a prevailing feeling of patriotism on the streets and a polite and calm presence from the general security forces.
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Tala Alrajjal, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
Branding celebrating America's 250th birthday appears throughout, as does the color blue, a show of patriotism during this holiday season.
—Jamie Knodel, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025
Stern’s design, woven through and behind the original 1908 building and the 1939 addition that gave the museum its full-block width, is transformative yet inconspicuous, embodying his values of understated patriotism, historical preservation, tastefulness, and memory.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2025
Ever since, the president and his closest allies haven’t stopped trying to repackage the perfidy as patriotism.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2025
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Tala Alrajjal, CNN Money, 8 Dec. 2025
Branding celebrating America's 250th birthday appears throughout, as does the color blue, a show of patriotism during this holiday season.
—Jamie Knodel, NBC news, 4 Dec. 2025
Stern’s design, woven through and behind the original 1908 building and the 1939 addition that gave the museum its full-block width, is transformative yet inconspicuous, embodying his values of understated patriotism, historical preservation, tastefulness, and memory.
—Justin Davidson, Curbed, 3 Dec. 2025
Ever since, the president and his closest allies haven’t stopped trying to repackage the perfidy as patriotism.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 27 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for patriotism
nationalism
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An air of illegitimacy, particularly in the face of febrile nationalism, will undermine the new rulers.—
Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2026
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What interpretive engagement reveals is that since its inception MAGA marked a dramatic ideological mutation on the right, a homegrown fusion of celebrity, neoliberal boss culture, Christian nationalism, and autocratic notions of the executive.—
Jason Blakely,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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“Patriotism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patriotism. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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