n.
1.love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it
2.the doctrine that your national culture and interests are superior to any other
3.the aspiration for national independence felt by people under foreign domination
4.the doctrine that nations should act independently (rather than collectively) to attain their goals
Idiom of the Day
let up
to become less or weaker, to become slower or stop
The rain let up around noon so we were able to go back outside.