English Explanatory Dictionary

localist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Interested in, or concentrating on local events or matters; parochial or provincial.
noun
  1. A person with local attitudes or interests.
  2. One who subscribes to localism, the belief that language functions are localized to various parts of the brain.
  3. One who subscribes to localism, an approach to understanding expressions in terms of position and movement.

Word forms

localist more localist most localist localists

Etymology

From local + -ist.

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