Patriotism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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.