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provincialism | provincialise |

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 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

    provincialise

    English

    Verb

    (provincialis)