Antonyms for provincialism


Grammar : Noun
Spell : pruh-vin-shuh-liz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : prəˈvɪn ʃəˌlɪz əm


Definition of provincialism

Origin :
  • 1820 in the political sense, "local attachment as opposed to national unity," from provincial + -ism. Meaning "manners or modes of a certain province or of provinces generally" (as opposed to the big city or capital) is from 1836. Sense of "a local word or usage or expression" is from 1770.
  • PROVINCIALISM consists in:(a) An ignorance of the manners, customs and nature of people living outside one's own village, parish, or nation.(b) A desire to coerce others into uniformity.[Ezra Pound, "Provincialism the Enemy," 1917]
  • As in parlance : noun idiom
  • As in barbarism : noun crudity, savagery, especially in speech
  • As in bigotry : noun intolerance, prejudice
  • As in dialect : noun local speech
  • As in idiom : noun manner of speaking, turn of phrase
Example sentences :
  • I never intended to curse the people with a provincialism so vast as this.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • The provincialism with which I had cursed his people extended to himself.
  • Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
  • But, compared with the provincialism of the South of 1860, he is a cosmopolitan.
  • Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
  • In this way they kept themselves free from the taint of provincialism.
  • Extract from : « The Country House » by John Galsworthy
  • We could not give her over to a lumberman, doubly accursed by wealth and provincialism.
  • Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry
  • This provincialism is correct for Lancashire, and as far as I know for Cumberland.
  • Extract from : « Out in the Forty-Five » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • This shows the worst kind of provincialism and a vulgar spirit.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Bachelor » by Walter Germain
  • "I imagine that Grayson will make a display of provincialism to-night," he said.
  • Extract from : « The Candidate » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler
  • This strictly Lancastrian provincialism is supposed to be a corruption of “choose how.”
  • Extract from : « It Might Have Been » by Emily Sarah Holt
  • Its disease might seem to have been an aggravated form of provincialism.
  • Extract from : « Instigations » by Ezra Pound

Synonyms for provincialism

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