provincialism
Example Sentences
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“He was sure that I would never steal, and my weaknesses, my provincialism, were more to his advantage,” Mr. Bakatin told the Russian journalist Oleg Kashin in 2008.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2022
You can have a provincialism growing up in a poor place.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022
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 ● Sep. 30, 2021
Perhaps we are biased by a bit of provincialism when it comes to Cleary, because she holds a special place in the Northwest.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 31, 2021
I was very backward in those days and the combination of poverty and provincialism made for some amusing incidents.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
