Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Loyalty to one's mother country.
from 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 thefatherland . - 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.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Much as I wish I could take credit for the word matriotism, another woman wrote to me and gave me the concept.
Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan 2006
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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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Much as I wish I could take credit for the word "matriotism," another woman wrote to me and gave me the concept.
Matriotism 2006
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And if a man has had a nurturing mother, he will also already have a sound basis for matriotism.
Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan 2006
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I will never forgive myself for not trying to counteract the false patriotism he was raised on with a true sense of matriotism.
Peace Mom Cindy Sheehan 2006
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Grateful to know that the blood of America's founding mothers and fathers runs in her veins, Butler has been newly filled with matriotism as a direct result of the 2000 and
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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Grateful to know that the blood of America's founding mothers and fathers runs in her veins, Butler has been newly filled with matriotism as a direct result of the 2000 and
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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Grateful to know that the blood of America's founding mothers and fathers runs in her veins, Butler has been newly filled with matriotism as a direct result of the 2000 and
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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Grateful to know that the blood of America's founding mothers and fathers runs in her veins, Butler has been newly filled with matriotism as a direct result of the 2000 and
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009
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Grateful to know that the blood of America's founding mothers and fathers runs in her veins, Butler has been newly filled with matriotism as a direct result of the 2000 and
Expecting Rain 2008
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