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What does patriotism mean?

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Noun
  1. Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
  2. The actions of a patriot
  3. The desire to compete with other nations; nationalism.
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Politicians of all persuasions are calling for national unity and patriotism.
The intervening time has seen a remarkable amount of rumormongering, jingoism, blind adherence to rumor, and armchair patriotism.
Perhaps if the heroic hymnic patriotism had been proposed, the sarcastic young firebrand of the piano concerto would have jibbed.
Genuine patriotism is a tough commodity to come by in these more jaded, jingoistic times.
Mindless jingoism is often mistaken for patriotism in this country and that's wrong.
Their patriotism, more in evidence then than it is today, was not in question.

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