Provincialism

noun

The way of life characteristic of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.

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Book-loving belle was burning to escape the provincialism of her village

noun

Concern for one's own area or region at the expense of national or supranational unity.

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The president warned that focusing on relations with close neighbours would lead to political provi…

noun

A word or phrase peculiar to a local area.

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If an idiom is a provincialism, it is likely to be found in a dialect dictionary

noun

The degree to which plant or animal communities are restricted to particular areas.

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The lack of provincialism in silurian fauna

noun

Ideas and behaviour that are typical of places outside a country's capital city, and so may be seen as old-fashioned or simple

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Narrow provincialism marks some younger officials., hometown artists mocked their city’s star-struc…