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unpatriotism en · NOUN

Etymology

From un- + patriotism.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Unpatriotic beliefs or behaviour.
    • [1839-1840] Owing to the vagaries and unpatriotism of the Garrisonians, there was from 1840 schism in the abolition ranks. 1896, E. Benjamin Andrews, History of the United States, Volume 3 (of 6):
    • The human being is born with no innate proclivity to crime or special kind of unpatriotism. 1919, Cornelia Stratton Parker, An American Idyll:
    • Haynes suggested that Philip's behaviour savoured of unpatriotism, and that the one thing needful was the immediate appointment of a caterpillar controller. 1917, Various, Punch, July 18, 1917:

Translations (2)

fr impatriotisme (unpatriotic beliefs or behaviour) · fi epäisänmaallisuus (unpatriotic beliefs or behaviour)