Micropatriology

//ˌmaɪkɹəʊˌpeɪtɹiˈɒlədʒi// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    The study of micronations and micronationalism. uncountable

    "Wishing all in micropatriology a better 2002 than 2001 was!"

  2. 2
    Synonym of micropatrology (“the study of microstates; sovereign countries with very small populations, land areas, or both”). rare, uncountable

    "The section of "Micronationalism" provides relevant information on the history and heterogeneity of the micronational movement, as well as on micropatriology, a "scientific discipline that studies micro-states, micro-nations and separatist movements in general.""

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micropatrology

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"Wishing all in micropatriology a better 2002 than 2001 was!"

Etymology

Perhaps from Portuguese micropatriologia, in-turn from English micropatrology, from micro- (“very small”) + Latin patria (“country”) + -ology (“branch of learning; a study of a particular subject”), coined by the International Micropatrological Society in 1973. Perhaps a classical compound via translating micronation into Latin as micropatria (literally “microcountry”). The micropatriology variant is first attested before 24 April 2001 in a glossary listing of terms found in micronational parlance, wherein micropatrology is absent. Portuguese micropatriologia is attested as early as October 1998.

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classical micropatriology

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