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Complete Definition of "patriotism"

English

Etymology
From Greek πατριωτισμός (patriotismos).

Noun
en-noun

  1. Love of country; devotion to the welfare of one's country; the virtues and actions of a patriot; the passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
  2. Concern for the common good of one's political community.

Translations

Albanian: atdhetari, patriotizëm
Arabic: Arab|وطنية|وَطَنِيَّة (waʈaniyyä)
Bosnian: t-|bs|patriotizam|m, t-|bs|rodoljublje|n, t-|bs|domoljublje|n
Chinese: 爱国心 (ài guó xīn)
Croatian: t-|hr|patriotizam|m, t-|hr|rodoljublje|n, t-|hr|domoljublje|n
German: t-|de|Patriotismus|m
Hindi: देशभक्ति (dešabhakti), देशप्रेम (dešaprem), देशानुराग (dešānurāg), स्वदेशानुराग (svadešānurāg)
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Kurdish: KUchar|نیشتیمان په‌روه‌ری
Polish: patriotyzm
Serbian:

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Category:Greek derivations

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