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Meanings of provincialism in English

Portuguese
provincianismo
Catalan
provincialisme
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Attitude.

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      provincianismo
      Catalan
      provincialisme

      A partiality for some particular place.

            provincialisme
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            Examples for "localism"
            Examples for "localism"
            1
            Control was handed over to local authorities in the name of localism.
            The Guardian
            2
            This infection of localism is not peculiar to any body of Christians.
            Our Lady Saint Mary
            3
            It dwarfs the mind, I think,-saidI,-tofeed it on any localism.
            The Professor at the Breakfast-Table
            4
            It no longer makes any sense to leave schools outside the localism agenda.
            The Guardian
            5
            The localism agenda is one answer -giving more powers to local government.
            The Guardian
            1
            The Southern press is ever complaining of the sectionalism of the North.
            The American Missionary — Volume 43, No. 06, June, 1889
            2
            The old Whig Party went to pieces on the rocks of sectionalism.
            Marse Henry (Volume 1) / An Autobiography
            3
            This he did by raising the charge of sectionalism against his adversary.
            The Life of Abraham Lincoln
            4
            There is no taint of sectionalism or narrow local prejudice about him.
            Daniel Webster
            5
            The economic and social characteristics of the frontier worked against sectionalism.
            The Frontier in American History

            A word or phrase that is mainly used only in a specific region.

                  Usage of provincialism in English
                  1
                  By geographical position, the land of the Puritans was devoted to provincialism.
                  Rise of the New West, 1819-1829
                  2
                  The provincialism with which I had cursed his people extended to himself.
                  American Notes
                  3
                  He had nothing of the provincialism of the parish or of the period.
                  Sidney Lanier
                  4
                  It was the place of meeting-sincethat was a matter of overpowering provincialism.
                  Foundation and Empire
                  5
                  No bitterness endures like that of the provincial despised because of his provincialism.
                  Beginnings of the American People
                  6
                  From the resulting isolation there developed a strong feeling of localism or provincialism.
                  Problems in American Democracy
                  7
                  The very Orgreaves themselves were tinged with this odious English provincialism.
                  Hilda Lessways
                  8
                  Dumping his provincialism a little late, he never lost his reverence for academia.
                  Stories: all-new tales
                  9
                  Indeed, his whole career was marred by the provincialism of his native manse.
                  A Book of Scoundrels
                  10
                  Afterwards she learned that it was a Southern provincialism for a common dog.
                  A Little Florida Lady
                  11
                  You must get rid of that provincialism-letus call it Camberwellism.'
                  In the Year of Jubilee
                  12
                  Hers was not a gushing provincialism, like that of Mrs. George.
                  A Far Country — Volume 2
                  13
                  Which is not to damn the Kiwis for this display of endearing provincialism.
                  Radio NZ
                  14
                  The New Yorker smiled at the provincialism but sought the banker without further ceremony.
                  The Winning of Barbara Worth
                  15
                  To this day a certain grudging provincialism is observable in the East Anglian character.
                  The Coming of the Friars
                  16
                  This is the usual provincialism of ignorance, and it is found the world over.
                  California and the Californians
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