PATRIOTISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does patriotism mean? 

• PATRIOTISM (noun)
  The noun PATRIOTISM has 1 sense:

1. love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

  Familiarity information: PATRIOTISM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PATRIOTISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

nationalism; patriotism

Context example:

British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high

Hypernyms ("patriotism" is a kind of...):

loyalty; trueness (the quality of being loyal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "patriotism"):

Americanism (loyalty to the United States and its institutions)

chauvinism; jingoism; superpatriotism; ultranationalism (fanatical patriotism)

Derivation:

patriotic (inspired by love for your country)

 Context examples 

He has grown grey in the service, is a gentleman, a favoured guest in the most exalted houses, and, above all, a man whose patriotism is beyond suspicion.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I may appeal to your patriotism also, for I could not imagine a greater misfortune for the country than that this affair should come out.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I do admire your patriotism.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The Portuguese grocer refused him further credit, while the greengrocer, who was an American and proud of it, had called him a traitor to his country and refused further dealings with him—carrying his patriotism to such a degree that he cancelled Martin's account and forbade him ever to attempt to pay it.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)