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   provincialism

   /prəˈvɪnʃəlɪz(ə)m/

   noun

   • 1. the way of life characteristic of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: "book-loving Belle was burning to escape the provincialism of her village"
   • ▪ narrow-mindedness, insularity, or lack of sophistication: "the provincialism of modern novelists"
   • 2. concern for one's own area or region at the expense of national or supranational unity: "the President warned that focusing on relations with close neighbours would lead to political provincialism"
   • 3. a word or phrase peculiar to a local area: "if an idiom is a provincialism, it is likely to be found in a dialect dictionary"
   • 4. the degree to which plant or animal communities are restricted to particular areas: "the lack of provincialism in Silurian fauna"

   Derivatives

   • 1. provincialist noun

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