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Grammar : Noun
Spell : loh-kuh-liz-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈloʊ kəˌlɪz əm



Definition of localism

Origin :
  • "attachment to a particular locality," 1803, from local (adj.) + -ism. Meaning "something characteristic of a particular locality" is from 1823.
  • As in parlance : noun idiom
  • As in barbarism : noun crudity, savagery, especially in speech
  • As in dialect : noun local speech
  • As in idiom : noun manner of speaking, turn of phrase
Example sentences :
  • It dwarfs the mind, I think,—said I,—to feed it on any localism.
  • Extract from : « The Professor at the Breakfast Table » by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Sr.)
  • The immediate occasion for the recrudescence of Localism was the Tariff.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John Marshall Volume 4 of 4 » by Albert J. Beveridge
  • The hindering conditions of English life were localism and lack of unity.
  • Extract from : « The Normans » by Sarah Orne Jewett
  • This infection of localism is not peculiar to any body of Christians.
  • Extract from : « Our Lady Saint Mary » by J. G. H. Barry
  • The last few years have seen an intensification of localism.
  • Extract from : « Our Lady Saint Mary » by J. G. H. Barry
  • Congress, which was full of the spirit of localism, was not a perfect instrument of centralization.
  • Extract from : « Behind the Mirrors » by Clinton W. Gilbert
  • Thus were the ideas of Nationality and localism in America brought into sharper conflict by the mob and guillotine in France.
  • Extract from : « The Life of John Marshall (Volume 2 of 4) » by Albert J. Beveridge
  • As localism gives way to brotherhood, militarism will pass out; but this does not mean that mankind will cease to contend.
  • Extract from : « The Country-Life Movement in the United States » by L.H. Bailey
  • The localism which characterizes this system contributes elements both of strength and of weakness.
  • Extract from : « Banking » by William A. Scott
  • Slavery and localism on the one hand, railway and nationalism on the other, were engaged in a vital struggle for recognition.
  • Extract from : « The Last American Frontier » by Frederic L. (Frederic Logan) Paxson

Synonyms for localism

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