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provincialism — PROVINCIALÍSM, provincialisme, s.n. 1. Cuvânt, expresie, locuţiune specifică unei provincii, care nu aparţine limbii literare; p. ext. rostire caracteristică unei provincii; regionalism. 2. Atitudine, comportare etc. specifică unui provincial (1) … Dicționar Român
provincialism — (n.) 1820 in the political sense, local attachment as opposed to national unity, from PROVINCIAL (Cf. provincial) + ISM (Cf. ism). Meaning manners or modes of a certain province or of provinces generally (as opposed to the big city or capital) is … Etymology dictionary
Provincialism — Pro*vin cial*ism, n. [Cf. F. provincialisme.] A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. M. Arnold.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
provincialism — [prəvin′shē al′ə tē] n. pl. provincialities [prə vin′shəl iz΄əm, prōvin′shəl iz΄əm] n. 1. the condition or fact of being provincial 2. narrowness of outlook; exclusive concern with local matters 3. a provincial custom, characteristic, etc. 4. a… … English World dictionary
provincialism — noun a) The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners. The blacksmiths provincialism showed in his speech and manner b) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district. Prose is allowed less liberty in… … Wiktionary
provincialism — [[t]prəvɪ̱nʃəlɪzəm[/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) Provincialism is the holding of old fashioned attitudes and opinions, which some people think is typical of people in areas away from the capital city of a country. ...the stifling bourgeois… … English dictionary
provincialism — provincial ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to a province or the provinces. 2) unsophisticated or narrow minded. ► NOUN 1) an inhabitant of a province. 2) an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country. DERIVATIVES provincialism noun … English terms dictionary
provincialism — noun Date: 1770 1. a dialectal or local word, phrase, or idiom 2. the quality or state of being provincial … New Collegiate Dictionary
provincialism — /preuh vin sheuh liz euhm/, n. 1. narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity. 2. a trait, habit of thought, etc., characteristic of a provincial, a province, or… … Universalium
provincialism — Synonyms and related words: Acadian, Anglo Indian, Brooklynese, Cajun, Canadian French, Cockney, French Canadian, Gullah, Midland, Midland dialect, New England dialect, Pennsylvania Dutch, Yankee, Yorkshire, agrarianism, authoritarianism,… … Moby Thesaurus
