Definition of patriotism Patriotism

/pejˈtɹiʌtɪˌzʌm/ - [peytreeutizum] - pat•ri•ot•ism

We found 6 definitions of patriotism from 5 different sources.

What does patriotism mean?

Noun Plural: patriotisms
patriotism - love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it; "they rode the same wave of popular patriotism"; "British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high"
		nationalism
		loyalty, trueness the quality of being loyal
		americanism a custom that is peculiar to the United States or its citizens

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patriotism (Noun)
Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
patriotism (Noun)
The desire to compete with other nations; nationalism.

patriotism (n.)
Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

Patriotism means loyalty of person to his/her own nation or the leaders of nation. A patriot is a person who is on the side of his/her own nation or its leaders. Patriotism is different from nationalism. Nationalist thinks that every ethnic group should have its own nation, so nations are to serve the people. In other words in nationalism the nation is just a tool to have freedom for an ethnic group, while in patriotism the nation itself is the highest value.

A patriot may also be loyal to imperialist or colonialist nations, while nationalism is opposed to imperialism or colonialism.