Patriotism

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.

Synonyms

 * nationalism ; jingoism, chauvinism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism

Derived terms

 * matriotism
 * patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels

Etymology
From

Translations

 * Arabic: وطنية
 * Basque: abertzaletasun
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: hazaszeretet, patriotizmus
 * Japanese: 愛国主義,
 * Polish: patriotyzm
 * Russian: патриотизм


 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: патриотизам, родољубље, домољубље
 * Roman: patriotizam,, domoljublje
 * Volapük: lomänäl