school spirit
Pep rally fuel
School spirit is enthusiasm and loyalty toward one's school, expressed through support for its teams, attendance at events, and displays of school colors or mascots.
The term usually applies to high schools and colleges, where pep rallies, homecoming traditions, and rivalries cultivate collective pride: The cheerleaders tried to pump up school spirit before the big game.
- pep ralliesEvents boosting team enthusiasm
- go teamSports rally cry
- homecomingReturning to one's origin
- senior nightFinal home game ceremony
- fight songSchool's rallying anthem
mascot · team colors · unity · pride · alma mater · class of · camaraderie · student section · bonfire · face paint · rally towels · enthusiasm · tradition · chants · loyalty · banners · pep band · marching band
- local pridehometown pride, civic pride, regional pride, community roots, state pride
- campus fictioncampus romance, campus politics, campus protest, college comedy, college romance
- K-12 Schoolsstudent, classroom, desk, hallway, cafeteria
- Field Daysack race, three-legged race, relay race, tug of war, egg and spoon race
- Homecominghomecoming game, pep rally, floats, crowning, mums
- school spiritmascot, pep rallies, mascots, pep rally, cheerleaders
school spiritapathy
Absence of feeling
indifference · disinterest · detachment · disengagement · passivity
school spiritalienation
State of being isolated
disaffection · estrangement · rootlessness · disloyalty · disconnection
school spiritcynicism
Distrust of human sincerity
nonconformity · rebelliousness · too cool for school · iconoclasm · contrarianism