Patriotism: Symbolizing Loyalty And Autonomy

Patriotism…it represents and symbolizes loyalty and allegiance. Patriotism is the abstract feeling of love and devotion to your country. Being patriotic does not necessarily imply that one must enlist in the army. There are many ways to show your affection and devotion to your country. Such as buying products made in America and showing support of American soldiers as they sacrifice their lives for our country. A couple decent synonyms for patriotism are words such as, loyalty and allegiance. The definition of these words are as follows: Loyalty is the ability to put others before you, to “stick with them through thick and thin”, and to be protective of them. There are several ways of representing loyalty to others, such as, being supportive and not resembling a conspirator. Also allegiance is loyalty or a commitment of a subject to one’s sovereign or of a citizen to one’s country.
Also it is a derivate of the word patriot. The history of the term is eminently ambiguous; for the reason being that the meaning of the word had changed through the years. For example, Patriotism and the word nationalism used to share a similar definition. Nevertheless, nowadays the two terms have very differing meanings.
Although patriotism is to express undeniable devotion, love and support to one’s country, numerous people confuse patriotism with nationalism. Nationalism is to display unity by way of a cultural background, which includes languages and heritage. However, patriotism pertains to the love for a nation, with more on emphasis on values and