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Provincialism vs Nationalism - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between provincialism and nationalism

is that provincialism is the quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners while nationalism is patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country and culture.

provincialism

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
  • The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner
  • (linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
  • * 1875 , , Manual of English Rhetoric , New York: American Book Company, p 79:
  • Prose is allowed less liberty in this respect; but no one nowadays would maintain that the adoption of a provincialism into the literary dialect is absolutely prohibited.

    Synonyms

    * (linguistics) regionalism

    nationalism

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Patriotism; the idea of supporting one's country and culture.
  • Support for the creation of a sovereign nation (which does not currently exist).
  • '', ''Kurdish '''nationalism
  • Jingoism; the support of one nation's interests to the exclusion of others; the hatred of other nations.
  • Derived terms

    * micronationalism

    See also

    * nationalist (wikipedia nationalism)

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