Provincialism

noun

noun ·5 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners. countable, uncountable

    "The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner"

  2. 2
    a partiality for some particular place wordnet
  3. 3
    A word or locution characteristic of a region or district. countable, uncountable

    "Prose is allowed less liberty in this respect; but no one nowadays would maintain that the adoption of a provincialism into the literary dialect is absolutely prohibited."

  4. 4
    a lack of sophistication wordnet
  5. 5
    Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one's regional government; the belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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regionalismregionalismacadianagrarianismanglo-indianauthoritarianism

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"The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner"

Etymology

From French provincialisme, equivalent to provincial + -ism.

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