单词 | patriotic |
释义 | patrioticadj.n. A. adj. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > [adjective] > native (of country or place) > of one's native country patrial1629 patriotic1653 fatherlandish1832 1653 T. Urquhart tr. F. Rabelais 2nd Bk. Wks. vi. 31 Whilest we prestolate the coming of the Tabellaries from the Penates and patriotick Lares [Fr. lares patriotiques]. 2. a. Having the character of a patriot; worthy or characteristic of a patriot; marked by devotion to the well-being or interests of one's country.In quot. 1771 ironic: see patriot n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > [adjective] patriotical1648 patriot1649 nationalc1686 patriotly1691 patriotic1737 unhyphenated1970 1737 H. Jacob (title of poem) Patriotic love; an ode. Chiefly occasioned by some late acts of parliament: and humbly inscribed to the true friend of his country. 1771 S. Johnson Falkland's Islands 49 During the protectorship of Cromwel, a time of which the patriotick tribes still more ardently desire the return. 1786 B. Washington Let. 27 Sept. in Writings G. Washington (1891) XI. 71 We have lately instituted a society..called the Patriotic Society..to inquire into the state of public affairs. 1833 H. Martineau Charmed Sea i. 3 The exiles uplifted one of the patriotic chaunts. 1867 S. Smiles Huguenots Eng. & Ireland iv. 92 The threatened invasion of England..roused the patriotic feeling in all hearts. 1925 Boston Transcript 18 Apr. iii. 9/1 [The] rider will be met at the Captain Isaac Hall House by..the City Government, veteran and patriotic organizations and school children. 1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond x. 105 Halide looked handsome and firm and patriotic, and as if she would fight for Turkey to the death. 2002 U.S. News & World Rep. 10 Dec. 33/2 The press's increasingly patriotic tone is improving its ratings. b. Patriotic Front n. (a name of) any of various nationalist political organizations. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [noun] > principles, parties, or partisans Rhodesia or Zimbabwe rhodesite1897 Patriotic Front1933 ZAPU1961 ZANU1963 Nibmar1966 1933 Times 7 June 11/3 The language of the propaganda on which the Government [of Austria] has embarked in the recruiting for its ‘patriotic front’ are curiously enough modelled on Nazi patterns. 1976 Times 11 Oct. 1/4 At a joint press conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Mr Nkomo and Mr Mugabe announced that they would send a joint ‘Patriotic Front’ delegation to the proposed conference in Geneva. 1991 Economist 2 Nov. 84/3 On October 27th, South Africa's two main ‘liberation movements’ got together to form the Patriotic Front. 1996 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Feb. 8/2 In 1988 the exiled Tutsi made common cause with dissident Hutu elements and founded the RPF (Rwanda Patriotic Front). 1998 New Yorker 27 July 39/1 As the warlord of the country's largest rebel faction, the National Patriotic Front, Taylor became the most powerful, and possibly the wealthiest, man in Liberia. B. n. In plural. Patriotic utterances, feelings, songs, etc. Cf. heroic n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > poem or piece of poetry > other types of poem > [noun] > patriotic poetry patriotics1899 1899 F. Harrison Tennyson I. 48 A real lover of high poetry..can take delight in..the patriotics of Burns, the war-songs of Campbell. 1936 Time 6 Apr. 45/1 Merciless, ignorant, lecherous, full of peewee patriotics, he wages senseless war against the Hill People. 1940 P. White Let. 22 Apr. (1994) ii. 30 In the morning I read the news and have a fresh fit of wretched patriotics. 2002 Times-Picayune (New Orleans) (Nexis) 30 May 17 The range is wide, everything from Bach to Handel, and some patriotics and spirituals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1653 |
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