provincialism

Example Sentences

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No developed country has anything close to America’s population of religious fundamentalists: believers in angels, demons, miracles and prophecies, all wrapped in a determined provincialism.

From Salon

Like the other club members, Benny tends to rack up miles without going anywhere very far, a provincialism that is one of the most American things about them.

From New York Times

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