English Explanatory Dictionary

provincialism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
  2. A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
  3. 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.

Word forms

provincialism provincialisms

Etymology

From French provincialisme, equivalent to provincial + -ism.

Synonyms

regionalism
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