patriotism

IPA: pˈeɪtriʌtɪzʌm

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

Examples of "patriotism" in Sentences

As in patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.
To the Cheneys of the world, the term patriotism means being an american right winger and a nazi.
They place a premium on nationalism, which they call patriotism, and on what the Germans call Ordnung.
Here is what Goldberg writes today about the term patriotism and how Barack Obama, according to Goldberg, is not really a patriot at all:
"The word patriotism did not come out of my mouth … what the president is calling on Democrats and Republicans to do is support the best interests of the country," Earnest said.
But there's also another nationalism, which we call patriotism, which is a love of country and is perfectly inclusive, and I don't think you can run a country unless you can appeal to it.
His experience of America and of America -- American exceptionalism, which is what we call patriotism, is something that's completely different and he has to explain that to people, you know.
In a time when the term patriotism means supporting the nation's wars and statism, a libertarian patriotism has more in common with that advanced by The Nation magazine: The other company of patriots does not march to military time.
It enables us to give a training in patriotism to the young people of the country, and I think patriotism is a high moral ideal-true patriotism, not hatred of other lands, but love of his own land, the consciousness of the glory of being a Canadian and of being associated with the grand old British Empire.