noun
Meaning 1
Synonym of micropatriology.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: micropatriology
Antonyms: none provided
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micropatrology
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noun
Meaning 2
The study of microstates; sovereign countries with very small populations, land areas, or both.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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”).