Provincialism

What do we mean by provincialism?

A regional word, phrase, pronunciation, or usage. noun

The condition of being provincial; lack of sophistication or perspective. noun

The act or an instance of placing the interests of one's province before one's nation. noun

That which characterizes a province or a provincial person; a certain narrowness or localism of thought or interest, or rudeness of manners, characteristic of the inhabitants of a province as distinguished from the metropolis, or of the smaller cities and towns as distinguished from the larger; lack of polish or enlightenment. noun

Specifically, a word or manner of speaking peculiar to a province; a local or dialectal term or expression. noun

A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. noun

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

A word or locution characteristic of a region or district. noun

A lack of sophistication noun

A partiality for some particular place noun

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word provincialism. Define provincialism, provincialism synonyms, provincialism pronunciation, provincialism translation, English dictionary definition of provincialism.

Words that are spelled similarly to provincialism:
provincialism, provincialist, provincialize, provinciality, provincials, provincialists, provincialisms.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word provincialism:
literary, scottish, literature, social.

Words that rhyme with provincialism:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe provincialism:
narrow, american, cultural, certain, own, intellectual, petty, english, mere, political, extreme, southern, intense, religious, german, narrowest, minded, traditional, temporal, western, racial, spiritual, wise, british, smug, less, french, faunal, rural, strong, very, excessive, literary, selfish, complacent, european, colonial, linguistic, irish, inveterate, academic, town, historical, stubborn, divine, proud, theological, marked, professional, sudden, wholesome, pure, urban, naive, rooted, feudal, hopeless, inverted, aggressive, earlier, midwestern, curious, canadian, century, regional, essential, innate, healthy, native, crass, utter, ignorant, ethnic, dangerous, hemispherical, dull, deliberate, ineradicable, quaint.

Words that sound like provincialism:
provincialism, provincials, evangelism, brutalism, botulism, specialism, supernaturalism, socialism, sciolism, scientism.