Usually means: Devotion to one's own country.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word patriotism:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. patriotism: Merriam-Webster
  2. patriotism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. patriotism: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. patriotism: Collins English Dictionary
  5. patriotism: Vocabulary.com
  6. Patriotism, patriotism: Wordnik
  7. patriotism: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. patriotism: Wiktionary
  9. patriotism: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. patriotism: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. patriotism: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Patriotism, patriotism: Dictionary.com
  13. patriotism: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Patriotism (film), Patriotism (short story), Patriotism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Patriotism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. patriotism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. patriotism: Rhymezone
  18. Patriotism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. patriotism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. patriotism: FreeDictionary.org
  21. patriotism: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. patriotism: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. patriotism: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Patriotism: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. patriotism: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

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▸ noun:  Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
▸ noun:  The actions of a patriot
▸ noun:  The desire to compete sharply with, and perhaps also dominate, other nations; nationalism.

Similar:
nationalism, loyalty, devotion, affinity, attachment, heart-service, sympathy, affection, fondness, domesticity, more...

Opposite:
treason, disloyalty, betrayal, sedition, subversion

Types:
nationalism, jingoism, chauvinism, flag-waving, more...

Phrases:
Socialist patriotism, Social patriotism, Soviet patriotism, Constitutional patriotism, opposite of patriotism, more...

Adjectives:
local, true, national, american, ardent, intense, pure, genuine, german, soviet, real

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Similar:
nationalism, loyalty, devotion, affinity, attachment, heart-service, sympathy, affection, fondness, domesticity, more...

Opposite:
treason, disloyalty, betrayal, sedition, subversion

Types:
nationalism, jingoism, chauvinism, flag-waving, more...

Phrases:
Socialist patriotism, Social patriotism, Soviet patriotism, Constitutional patriotism, opposite of patriotism, excessive patriotism, more...

Adjectives:
local, true, national, american, ardent, intense, pure, genuine, german, soviet, real

Colors:
    red,     white,     blue,     scarlet,     crimson, more...



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