patriotism has definitions from the field of politics
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[ noun ] (politics) love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

Synonyms

nationalism

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

1 ) Most_of the legends that are created to fan the fires of patriotism are essentially propagandistic and are not folk legends at_all .

Naturally , such scholarly facts are of little concern to the man trying to make money or fan patriotism by means of folklore .

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