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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Patriotism \Pa"tri*ot*ism\, noun [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) 2.0 [wn]:
patriotism
noun: love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it [syn: {nationalism}]
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
PATRIOTISM, noun 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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