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Localise vs Localism - What's the difference?

localise | localism |

As a verb localise

is an alternative spelling of lang=en.

As a noun localism is

a linguistic feature that is unique to a locality.

localise

English

Verb

(en-verb)

    • Derived terms

    * localisable ----

    localism

    English

    (wikipedia localism)

    Noun

  • (countable, linguistics) a linguistic feature that is unique to a locality
  • (uncountable) Attachment to a particular local place; feelings or policies which emphasize local phenomena
  • *2010 , The Economist , Jul-Aug 2010, p. 27:
  • *:Localism may strengthen not just the selfless (eg, people who want to build a village hall) but also the selfish (who want to stop any new building in their backyard).