# matriotism

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmeɪtɹi.ətɪzəm/

## Definitions
1. School, hometown, or parish pride or loyalty, as opposed to nationalism or patriotism.
2. The love or celebration of a woman's influence upon society; the female equivalent to male patriotism.
3. The love of the motherland, as opposed to patriotism as love of the fatherland.
4. Pacifist patriotism; the love of society as opposed to the love of the state.
5. An enduring devotion to Mother Earth, ecology, sustainability, peace, and the survival of the human species.

## Etymology
Blend of alma mater + patriotism, later reanalyzed as being derived from matri- by analogy with patriotism. Though attested since the mid-19th century, the continued placement of the word within quotation marks suggests it is often regarded as a neologism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/matriotism