patriotisms

Noun

patriotism (countable and uncountable, plural patriotisms)

1. Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
   • That public virtue, which among the ancients was denominated patriotism, is derived from a strong sense of our own interest in the preservation and prosperity of the free government of which we are members.1776, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol I, ch 1-pt ii
2. The actions of a patriot.
3. The desire to compete sharply with, and perhaps also dominate, other nations; nationalism.
   • Near-synonyms: chauvinism, superpatriotism

   Synonyms:

   chauvinism, superpatriotism