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provincialism

noun

Etymology

From French provincialisme, equivalent to provincial + -ism.

  1. derived from prōvinciālis — “of a province”
  2. derived from provincial
  3. inherited from provincial
  4. formed as provincialism — “provincial + -ism”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being provincial

    The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.

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

  2. 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.

  3. Synonym of regionalism

    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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for provincialism. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA