micropatrology
别名
micropatriology
释义与例句
n.
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Synonym of micropatriology.
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2.
The study of microstates; sovereign countries with very small populations, land areas, or both.
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词源
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”).
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