regionalism

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Ms. Allen concedes their regionalism but argues that they were wiser for understanding that a “provincial backwater offers as full a panoply of human folly, nobility, tragedy, and absurdity as any great metropolis.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

That nation's focus at the four-day meeting will be "strengthening regionalism" though that would be challenging with key nations not sending leaders, Regenvanu told Reuters, without elaborating on why Salwai will not attend.

From Reuters • Nov. 6, 2023

Football, for all its unabashed ties to virulent tribalism or staunch regionalism, makes those inherent differences fairly difficult to mend.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2023

"Reject regionalism and tribalism and stop fighting among yourselves now," he said in a recorded message to the people of El Geneina.

From BBC • May 29, 2023

It helped to break down global regionalism, created a more seamless global commercial network, and made it simple and almost free to move digitized labor—service jobs and knowledge work—to lower-cost countries.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman