Meanings
- uncountableUnpatriotic beliefs or behaviour.
The human being is born with no innate proclivity to crime or special kind of unpatriotism.
1919, Cornelia Stratton Parker, An American Idyll2 more examples
[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)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
Origin
Translations
Finnish epäisänmaallisuus
- epäisänmaallisuusunpatriotic beliefs or behaviour
French impatriotisme
- impatriotismeunpatriotic beliefs or behaviour
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unpatriotism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpatriotism
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