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patriotism

[pey-tree-uh-tiz-uhm, pa-] / ˈpeɪ tri əˌtɪz əm, ˈpæ- /
NOUN
love of one's country
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Patriotism looks different when you know exactly what its absence costs, and you stay anyway.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Patriotism was a central theme of Trump's speech, noting celebrations later this summer planned for the country's 250th anniversary.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Fox News Books will release its seventh title of note on Tuesday — and it indeed has a telling title: “Unbroken Bonds of Battle: A Modern Warriors Book of Heroism, Patriotism and Friendship.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 26, 2023

Patriotism, she told Mr. Rodriguez, “is loyalty to your country, not to a single head of state.”

From New York Times • Jun. 21, 2023

A great consensus was reflected in the statement of the Eighth Regiment’s black leader: “There is no color in patriotism. Patriotism is as deeply rooted under the black skin as under any other.”

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield




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