Regions vs Regionalism - What's the difference?
regions | regionalism |
the rest of the country excluding the capital city or metropolitan region
* 2000 , Emer Hughes,
* 2003 , Peter Hetherington,
Affection, often excessive, to one's own region and to everything related to it.
Political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative autonomy to regions.
(countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
As nouns the difference between regions and regionalism
is that regions is while regionalism is affection, often excessive, to one's own region and to everything related to it.regions
English
Noun
(head)Fair city losing out to the regions'', ''Sunday Business Post 7 November:
- Tom Clancy of Elan Recruitment thinks that staff shortages in the regions could be as severe as in Dublin.
Study points civil servants towards the regions'', ''The Guardian , 10 September:
- Three government departments may be named for a move from London to the regions .
