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Provincialism vs Provincialist - What's the difference?

provincialism | provincialist |

As nouns the difference between provincialism and provincialist

is that provincialism is the quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners while provincialist is one who lives in a province; a provincial.

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

    provincialist

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who lives in a province; a provincial.
    • (Webster 1913)