Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.

    Patriotismus

    патриоти́змpatriotízm

    патріоти́змpatriotýzm

    love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

  2. (countable, uncountable)The actions of a patriot.

  3. (countable, uncountable)The desire to compete sharply with, and perhaps also dominate, other nations; nationalism.

    Near-synonyms: chauvinism, superpatriotism

Examples

30 sentences
  1. Don't question my patriotism.

    Не треба піддавати сумніву мій патріотизм. — deniko

  2. Tom doesn't know the difference between patriotism and chauvinism.

    deTom kennt nicht den Unterschied zwischen Patriotismus und Chauvinismus. — al_ex_an_der

  3. How dare you question my patriotism!

    deWie kannst du es wagen, meinen Patriotismus in Frage zu stellen! — Waldelfe

  4. The spirit of patriotism has its source in the love of the family.

    ruДух патриотизма берет свое начало в семейной любви. — Tretiz

    deDer Geist des Patriotismus hat seinen Ursprung in der Liebe zur Familie. — quicksanddiver

  5. Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

    Патріотизм — останній прихисток негідників. — deniko

    ruПатриотизм - последнее прибежище негодяя. — marafon

    deDer Patriotismus ist die letzte Zuflucht eines Schurken. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
love of one's own country:
Русский
By meaning 1
love of one's own country:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
love of one's own country:

Forms

plural: patriotisms
Singularpatriotism
Pluralpatriotisms

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it:nationalism

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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