PATRIOTISM

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

Example:

British nationalism was in the air and patriotic sentiments ran high

Synonyms:

nationalism; patriotism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("patriotism" is a kind of...):

loyalty; trueness (the quality of being loyal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "patriotism"):

Americanism (loyalty to the United States and its institutions)

Derivation:

patriotic (inspired by love for your country)