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superpatriot

superpatriot

8.7
Showing very strong love for your country and ignoring other views
  • adjective
  • /ˈsuːpərˌpeɪtriət/
translation icon : superpatriota
  • His superpatriot attitude led him to dismiss any foreign influence as negative.

Examples

  • His superpatriot views often alienate others.

  • The candidate's superpatriot rhetoric sometimes alienated those who valued international cooperation.

  • Some critics accused the group of being superpatriot in their refusal to accept any criticism of the country.

  • She is a superpatriot who believes in military action at all costs.

  • Many people criticized his superpatriot views, arguing that they often led to irrational decisions about foreign policy.

  • Her superpatriot attitude made it difficult for her to accept any criticism of her country.

  • During the speech, he displayed a superpatriot fervor, insisting that anyone who disagreed was un-American.

Synonyms

nationalist
vssuperpatriot
57 6.4

Showing strong support for one's country and its interests

is similar but does not always imply excessive or unreasonable devotion
nationalistic
vssuperpatriot
15 6.7

Someone who feels strong pride in a country and thinks that country is better than others

is more extreme, emphasising unreasonable or excessive patriotism
jingoistic
vssuperpatriot
3 9.1

Showing extreme pride in a country and wanting to fight other countries

is extreme too but does not require an aggressive foreign policy stance
flag-waving
vssuperpatriot
  • Offensive
2 6.8

Showing too much pride in one's country

expresses excess in feeling rather than mainly being a public display
superpatriotic
vssuperpatriot
8.2

Showing very strong love for their country and rejecting criticism

has identical meaning and stresses an unreasonable degree of devotion
ultranationalistic
vssuperpatriot
  • Literature
9.9

Very strong pride in one's country and dislike of people from other countries

is extreme as well but not specifically defined by harming outsiders

Antonyms

23 6.4

Not showing love or support for your country

How Patriotic

jingoistic
3 9.1
superpatriot
8.7
nationalistic
15 6.7
patriotic
107 3.3

Surface Forms

superpatriot positive

Morphology

superpatriot = patriot (transparent) = super + patriot

The productive prefix 'super-' meaning 'extremely' combines with 'patriot' to yield an easily deducible meaning.

Etymology

Superpatriot combines super- and patriot. super- means 'above' or 'very' (as in superman or supermarket) and patriot means 'someone who loves their country', so superpatriot as an adjective describes something or someone that shows very strong, even excessive, love of one's country.