provincialism
Example Sentences
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“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
It’s not at all a serious remark, yet it’s a reflection of Stewart’s regular-guy populism — or, to be unkinder, provincialism.
From Washington Post
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