semi-patriotic

English

Etymology

From semi- +‎ patriotic.

Adjective

semi-patriotic (not comparable)

1. Alternative form of semipatriotic
   • 1990, Ronald Forrest Reid, Edward Everett: Unionist Orator, →ISBN, page 27:

     The speech was a well balanced adaptation of rationalism and emotionalism for a semi-scholarly, semi-patriotic, and highly emotional occasion.

   • 2014, Todd Decker, Who Should Sing 'Ol' Man River'?: The Lives of an American Song, →ISBN:

     Although — and there is always an example to be found in the history of this song — there was at least one semi-patriotic sing-along to “Ol' Man River.”

   • 2017, Leon Trotsky, History of the Russian Revolution, →ISBN:

     On the subject of a semi-patriotic speech of the Menshevik Cheidze, at the beginning of the war, the president of the Duma, Rodzianko, wrote: “Subsequent events proved the closeness of Cheidze to German circles.”