Matriotism

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Loyalty to one's mother country.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Hometown, school, or parish pride or loyalty, as opposed to nationalism or patriotism
  • noun. Love or celebration of a woman's influence upon society; a women's equivalent to male patriotism
  • noun. Love of the motherland, as opposed to patriotism as love of the fatherland.
  • noun. Pacifist patriotism; love of society as opposed to love of the state
  • noun. Devotion to Mother Earth, ecology, sustainability, peace and the survival of the human species as long as possible.
  • Word Usage
    "Much as I wish I could take credit for the word matriotism, another woman wrote to me and gave me the concept."
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