SUPERPATRIOTISM Synonyms: 10 Similar and Opposite Words

superpatriotism

noun

Definition of superpatriotism

as in patriotism

excessive favoritism towards one's own country her superpatriotism causes her to assume that countries desperately long to be just like her own

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Noun

Pochettino has been pushing patriotism and love for the national team badge since his arrival.

— Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 5 July 2026
The entire team, regardless of politics or upbringings, has leaned into the unique brand of patriotism that this World Cup has whipped up.

— Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 5 July 2026

Definition of patriotism

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For Kai Schwemmer, who is the national political director for the College Republicans of America as well as Utah County’s deputy elections clerk, embracing overtly racial nationalism isn’t just good in itself.

— Charlie Sabgir, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
Historian Yuval Harari argues the need for a form of nationalism, not the nationalism of exclusion and hate, but one of care for all the tribes of a nation.

— Catherine Simpson Bueker, The Conversation, 1 July 2026

Definition of nationalism

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