Comitatism

Comitatism: noun. Pride and patriotic sentiments for one's county or the national equivalent thereof, such as Kreis, megye or shahrestan. The word comitatism comes from the Latin word "comitatu," which is roughly the equivalent of an English "county." Comitatism usually is, in terms of size, greater than urbism (pride for one's city), smaller than provincism and statism (pride for one's province and state, respectively) and even smaller than nationalism (pride for one's nation or sometimes country). This distinction however, while covering the basics, has plenty exceptions. A proud Singaporean, for example, could be called an urbist or a nationalist, whereas a proud citizen of Beijing could be an urbist or provincist and a proud Berliner could be an urbist or statist. There is little overlap, however, between comitatism, provincism and nationalism, making marketing strategies based on affiliation far more bearable for everyone.