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matriotism nonce-wd.|ˈmeɪtrɪətɪz(ə)m|
[Altered from patriotism, after L. māter mother.]
Love of one's mother country or of one's ‘alma mater’.
1856Lowell Lett. (1894) I. 301, I am delighted with your matriotism ‘Rome, Venice, Cambridge!’ 1885H. C. Beeching in Academy 14 Feb. 109/2 Though Mr. Lang's matriotism is thus divided, he has only one fatherland. |