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[syn: sectionalism, provincialism, localism]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
provincialism
n 1: a lack of sophistication
2: a partiality for some particular place [syn: sectionalism,
provincialism, localism]