Provincialism vs Provincialise - What's the difference?
provincialism | provincialise |
The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
(linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
* 1875 , , Manual of English Rhetoric , New York: American Book Company,
As a noun provincialism
is the quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.As a verb provincialise is
an alternative spelling of provincialize.provincialism
English
Noun
(en noun)- The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner
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.