different between treason vs patriotism

English

Etymology

From Middle English tresoun, treison, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“treason”), from trair, or from Latin tr?diti?nem, accusative of tr?diti? (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from tr?d? (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from tr?ns- (“over, across”) +? d? (“give”). Doublet of tradition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?i?.z?n/
• Rhymes: -i?z?n

Noun

treason (countable and uncountable, plural treasons)

1. The crime of betraying one’s own country.
2. An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.

Synonyms

• betrayal
• perfidiousness
• perfidy
• treacherousness
• treachery

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• sedition

References

• treason at OneLook Dictionary Search
• treason in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• treason in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• Santore, Senator, anteros, asteron, atoners, nor'-east, nose art, noseart, one-star, orantes, ornates, rotanes, seatron, senator, tenoras

Middle English

Noun

treason

1. Alternative form of tresoun

English

Etymology

From patriot +? -ism

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?pæt?i.??t?z?m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?pe?t?i.??t?z?m/

Noun

patriotism (countable and uncountable, plural patriotisms)

1. Love of one's country; devotion to the welfare of one's compatriots; passion which inspires one to serve one's country.
2. The actions of a patriot
3. The desire to compete with other nations; nationalism.

Synonyms

• (love of country): nationalism
• (nationalism): jingoism, chauvinism, superpatriotism, ultranationalism

Derived terms

• matriotism
• patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French patriotisme

Noun

patriotism n (uncountable)

1. patriotism

Declension