patriotic theme

collocation in English

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patriotic
adjective
uk
/ˌpæt.riˈɒt.ɪk/us
/ˌpeɪ.triˈɑː.t̬ɪk/
showing love for your country and being proud ...
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theme
noun[C]
uk
/θiːm/us
/θiːm/
the main subject of a talk, book, ...
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(Definition ofpatrioticandthemefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A blue, gold, green, and red lighting scheme (composed of 15,000 incandescent bulbs) was used again, but de-emphasized the green in order to evoke apatriotictheme.
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The stories were heavy-handed, with adult situations driving the action, and the films often incorporated a moral, a civics lesson, or apatriotictheme.
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It would be foolish indeed if we ceded the patriotic themes to the representatives of atavistic nationalism.
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Today, this dress, especially the skirt, is heavily decorated with patriotic themes.
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At this time, he painted historical and patriotic themes.
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He was also a noted poet who emphasized patriotic themes.
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Her paintings become more thoughtful and included more patriotic themes and titles.
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The audience were hungry for films with patriotic themes.
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It aggressively sought women voters in the 1920s, often relying on patriotic themes.
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Many writers and poets expressed their opposition by writing about patriotic themes through their work.
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Some of his works make use of folk melodies, patriotic themes, and other nationalistic elements.
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Many of the poems and plays had patriotic themes.
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Murals with patriotic themes have been painted on the sides.
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The event sought to tie antiwar activism to patriotic themes.
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Many of them are based on patriotic themes reflecting the spirit of the constitutional movement of that period.
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Canales, like so many lawyers of the time, wrote poetry of patriotic themes, collaborated as a journalist and took an active interest in politics.
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Mickiewicz concentrated on patriotic themes and the glorious national past.
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His paintings, strongly based in the late 19th century aesthetic ideals of realism, consists of numerous portraits, patriotic themes of regional nature, and historical scenes.
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