Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Feeling, expressing, or inspired by love for one's country.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Full of patriotism; actuated by the love of country.
- Inspired by the love of one's country; directed to the public safety and welfare.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Inspired by patriotism; actuated by love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country.
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- adjective Inspired by
patriotism ; actuated by love of one'scountry ;zealously and unselfishlydevoted to theservice of one's country; as, a patriotic statesman, vigilance.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective inspired by love for your country
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Examples
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Two schools did just that earlier this week banning what they called patriotic clothing and flags.
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In his room I observed a vast quantity of English books, and on his chimney stood what he called a patriotic clock, the dial of which was placed between two pyramids, on which were inscribed the names of republican authors, and on the top of one was that of our countryman, Mr. Thomas Paine -- whom, by the way, I understand you intended to exhibit in a much more conspicuous and less tranquil situation.
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In his room I observed a vast quantity of English books, and on his chimney stood what he called a patriotic clock, the dial of which was placed between two pyramids, on which were inscribed the names of republican authors, and on the top of one was that of our countryman, Mr. Thomas Paine -- whom, by the way, I understand you intended to exhibit in a much more conspicuous and less tranquil situation.
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Perhaps he may have some of what he calls his patriotic friends with him.
The Best of the World's Classics, Vol. V (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland III Various 1885
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Perhaps he may have some of what he calls his patriotic friends with him.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864
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The other, which they called the patriotic contribution, was expected to amount to a fourth of the fortunes of individuals, but at their own will and on their own estimate; but this contribution threatening to fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory, both in the rate and in the levy, beginning in fraud, and ending, as all the frauds of power end, in plain violence.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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"Any time people know what's going on in their companies, they do feel what you call a patriotic responsibility to invest there," said Paul Palazzo, a managing director for Altfest Personal Wealth Management in New York.
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China, with a potential market of 1.3 billion people, has even gone as far as promoting what it calls patriotic consumption.
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One of the most blatant examples was the great nineteenth-century giveaway of huge chunks of public land to a handful of railroad barons in the name of patriotic progress and “opening up the country.”
Bird Cloud Annie Proulx 2011
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Apparently to him being patriotic is screwing and sometimes even KILLING his workers?
Think Progress » Don Blankenship Called Safety Regulators ‘As Silly As Global Warming’ 2010
chained_bear commented on the word patriotic
Seen at Slate.com (here's a link):
"Barack Obama is a PATRIOTIC AMERICAN. He has one HAND over his HEART at all times. He occasionally switches when one arm gets tired, which is almost never because he is STRONG."
October 7, 2008
SanketMali commented on the word patriotic
Latin Root of ' Patriotic' is Pater or Patris which means Father/ Fatherood.
October 22, 2013