provincialism
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2ADJ.
literary
PREP.
in, into
Definitions
noun
The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner
A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
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.
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.
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Synonyms
noun — a partiality for some particular place
- sectionalism
- localism
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2The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner
WiktionaryProse 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.
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