Synonym: nationalism. Similar words: patriot, nepotism, patriarch, patrician, despotism, expatriate, patriarchy, repatriate. Meaning: ['peɪtrɪətɪzm /'pæt-] n. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it.
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31. He was a country boy who had joined the army out of a sense of patriotism and adventure.
32. Yet patriotism is the easiest of declamatory prejudices.
33. Patriotism was a prominent feature in Bush's election campaign.
34. True patriotism is doing something for your country. Bill Maher
35. Patriotism is every politician's stock-in-trade.
36. Patriotism will have to do instead of funding.
37. During the hearings political protests, as such, were most gentle: one patriot inquiring after the patriotism of another.
38. To prove their patriotism, Catholics muted whatever differences they perceived between the teachings of Church and the practices of State.
39. It was a form of patriotism - could we still lead the world in moral, instead of military and economic power?
40. The men were drawn to their work not only by curiosity and zeal, but also by an inspiring patriotism.
41. At the bottom of all patriotism there is war: that is why I am no patriot. Jules Renard
42. Mrs Kennerley sent a copy of the letter to his campaign team as proof of his patriotism at the time.
43. He is hardly a sentimental sap who is prone to vicarious patriotism.
44. Charity was included in it too and Mona launched into a short sermon on her favourite subject, patriotism.
45. You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. Malcolm X
46. Rick decided to part with Ilsa on the grounds of patriotism and rebel solidarity.
47. When a whole nation is roaring Patriotism at the top of its voice, I am fain to explore the cleanness of its hands and purity of its heart. Ralph Waldo Emerson
48. The need for stronger, religion-based morality and patriotism to bolster the nation.
49. This sense is often identified with nationalism and patriotism which can be dangerously close to racism, chauvinism and xenophobia.
50. But whatever the degree of accuracy, they convey a global message completely at variance with the party's narrow patriotism.
51. Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. Mark Twain
52. At the simplest level, patriotism lent meaning and purpose to personal catastrophes that would otherwise appear intolerable.
53. The federal pattern of democratic revolution and the Centralista tradition can only be understood in terms of this municipal patriotism.
54. The early war poems had promoted patriotism, justice and principle.
55. Each Akawaio settlement is a tiny republic whose patriotism bristles with hostility towards other, rival communities.
56. Here was a real opportunity to show an unselfish patriotism on the part of the clergy.
57. A high-octane blend of action and patriotism fuel this predictable(Sentencedict.com ), average action flick.
58. Its pages brimmed with the idealism, patriotism, and commitment to national service that Groton instilled in its young charges.
59. He was able to manipulate their slavish willingness to serve in the name of patriotism.
60. School, their old home, smelled of powerful floor wax and disinfectant, the smell of patriotism.
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