patriotism (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *patriotism*:
NOUN	attribute	patriotism, nationalism	love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

patriotism > pronunciation
Sounds	pey'triyahtih.zahm
Rhymes	abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm...

English > *patriotism*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it.
Example	"they rode the same wave of popular patriotism"
Synonym	nationalism
Narrower	Americanism	loyalty to the United States and its institutions
Narrower	chauvinism, jingoism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism	fanatical patriotism
Broader	loyalty, trueness	The quality of being loyal
Spanish	nacionalismo, patriotismo
Catalan	nacionalisme, patriotisme
Adjectives	patriotic	inspired by love for your country

HyperDic: patriotism