patriotic
adjective /ˌpætriˈɒtɪk/, /ˌpeɪtriˈɒtɪk/
/ˌpeɪtriˈɑːtɪk/
- having or expressing a great love of your country
- a patriotic man who served his country well
- patriotic songs
- The party framed its message in unashamedly patriotic language.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- feel
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- extremely
- fairly
- very
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Word Originmid 17th cent.: via late Latin from Greek patriōtikos ‘relating to a fellow countryman’, from patrios ‘of one's fathers’, from patris ‘fatherland’.