regionalism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.
A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
Regional character, local color.

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regionalism regionalisms

From regional + -ism.

provincialism federalism statism

regionalist regionism

bioregionalism

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