Translate provincialism | into Italian Definition of provincialism
noun
[mass noun] 1the way of life characteristic of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: book-loving Belle was burning to escape the provincialism of her village narrow-mindedness, insularity, or lack of sophistication: the myopic provincialism of women’s studies
2concern for one’s own area or region at the expense of national or supranational unity: the President warned that focusing on relations with close neighbours would lead to political provincialism
3 [count noun] a word or phrase peculiar to a local area: if an idiom is a provincialism, it is likely to be found in a dialect dictionary
4 Ecology the degree to which plant or animal communities are restricted to particular areas: the lack of provincialism in Silurian fauna
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