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patriotism |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Patriotism \Pa"tri*ot*ism\, n. [Cf. F. patriotisme.] 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. --Berkley. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: patriotism n : love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it [syn: {nationalism}] From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: PATRIOTISM, n. Combustible rubbish read to the torch of any one ambitious to illuminate his name In Dr Johnson's famous dictionary patriotism is defined as the last resort of a scoundrel. With all due respect to an enlightened but inferior lexicographer I beg to submit that it is the first
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