Definition of "matriotism" in English

noun

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.