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Patriotism & nationalism
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chauvinist
chauvinistically
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jingoism
jingoist
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patriot | American Dictionary

patriot
noun[ C ]
us/ˈpeɪ·tri·ət, -ˌɑt/
a person who loves his or her country and defends it when necessary
US history
A patriot during the American Revolution was a person who believed in or fought for independence from Britain

patriotic

adjectiveus/ˌpeɪ·triˈɑt̬·ɪk/
Candidates love to associate themselves with patriotic values.

patriotism

noun[ U ]us/ˈpeɪ·tri·əˌtɪz·əm/
This really calls into question his patriotism.

Examples of patriot

patriot
Sectional interests were especially powerful, and conquest was driven forward by ambitious colonels, civil servants and professional patriots.
Neither 'patriot' can reasonably be considered a convinced advocate of democracy.
This discourse was not only present in different media, but also characterizes descriptions of the patriot.
It is not clear whether these ' ' patriots ' ' had real evidence for this, or were making a priori assumptions.
To this effect, we warn all evil-planners to steer clear of any attempts on the person and life of this emerging patriot.
The serenade begins with a choir of patriots, celebrating the meeting.
The patriot has to strive for the welfare of the state; and being a patriot was something that could be learned.
Dilling's books, however, did not come close to revealing fully her ambition to create a personal network of friends, followers, and fellow patriots.
Serious patriots could peruse the files at their leisure or request information through the mail.
Alone, the powerful voice of a handful of patriots came to awaken us out of our lethargy.
Second, it becomes clear that although he was not a nationalist (and certainly not a patriot), he was no straightforward cosmopolitan either.
Strangely enough, however, though selfstyled patriots of all stripes imagined schooling as indispensable to the republic, schools themselves remained steadfastly local institutions.
The same work traced ' patriot ' to 1596, but found a source for ' patriotism ' only in 1726.
The piece is framed by two huge movements for choir, celebrating the patriots and virtues.
This responded to the unwillingness of creole patriots to include full abolition in their political programmes for independence.
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