provincialism

noun

A regional word, phrase, pronunciation, or usage.

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The condition of being provincial; lack of sophistication or perspective.

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The act or an instance of placing the interests of one’s province before one’s nation.

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That which characterizes a province or a provincial person; a certain narrowness or localism of thought or interest, or rudeness of manners, characteristic of the inhabitants of a province as distinguished from the metropolis, or of the smaller cities and towns as distinguished from the larger; lack of polish or enlightenment.

noun

Specifically, a word or manner of speaking peculiar to a province; a local or dialectal term or expression.

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A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality.

noun

The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.

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A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.

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a lack of sophistication

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a partiality for some particular place