provincialism

Example Sentences

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Bruce grew up with five siblings in a home tightly circumscribed by T.C.’s paltry salary and the dour provincialism of Simcoe, in the southwest corner of the province, not far from Lake Erie.

From New York Times

“It was a term that he associated with narrow-mindedness, with a certain provincialism,” Dr. Brunsman said.

From New York Times

The more outsiders mocked his Roman accent, dialect-abbreviated grammar and colorful vocabulary for its Roman provincialism, the more he became the city’s human coat of arms.

From New York Times

You can have a provincialism growing up in a poor place.

From Seattle Times

“The weird thing is that San Francisco has kind of a small-town mentality, maybe a provincialism,” Ostler said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times