IELTS Essay: Patriotism

Vocabulary Answers

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patriotism caring a lot and loving and feeling pride for your country

beneficial impact overall good in general

legitimate reasons real justifications

proud feel good about

patriotic feelings emotions of love for your country

generally produce overall create

negatives harmful

positives benefits

proponents people who support

argue point out

natural impulse normal feeling

tangible benefits real help

strong sense big feeling

motivating encouraging

pride love, thinking highly of

work hard for the common good help everyone

applies relates to

variety different kinds

positions jobs

soldiers serving in the military people who fight in wars, the army

healthcare workers doctors and nurses

times of national emergencies when there are big problems

common workers normal people

contributing to adding to

a flourishing national economy the economy doing well

investment caring about

successes doing well

support their own self-esteem help how about they feel about themselves

similar to like

root for support

elevates lifts up

mood feelings

connects puts together with

wider community society

taken to extremes in some instances

occurs most frequently happens a lot

vulnerable segments of society poorer people

military recruiters people looking for soldiers

target less affluent individuals look for poor people

serve be in

war abroad fights in other countries

strong likelihood good chance of

suffer have difficulty

mental or physical handicap bad mental health or out of shape

more generally applying to others

employ patriotism use feelings of pride

proxy substitute

personal achievements what you do yourself

evidenced shown

furor surrounding noise about

quintessentially patriotic definitively patriotic

costs taxpayers tremendously expensive

inflames tensions makes people angry

between rival countries nations competing

distracts takes focus away from

investing time putting time into

personal development growth

marginal net negative overall bad

at worst in the worst cases

economically related to the economy

in terms of concerning

at times sometimes

drawbacks downsides

related to concerning

disassociation feeling distant

significant important

mental health emotionally

dependent on reliant on

fortunes luck

compatriots people from your country