provincialism
Example Sentences
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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
He shows how Americans with an antipathy for war now found themselves castigated as "isolationists," a derogatory term created to suggest provincialism or selfishness.
From Salon • Oct. 25, 2020
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
