Antonyms for localism
| 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
- 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
- accent
- argot
- atrocity
- barbarity
- brutality
- cant
- catachresis
- coarseness
- colloquialism
- corruption
- cruelty
- dialect
- diction
- expression
- idiom
- idiosyncrasy
- impropriety
- inhumanity
- jargon
- language
- lingo
- localism
- locution
- malapropism
- misusage
- misuse
- parlance
- patois
- patter
- phrase
- primitive culture
- pronunciation
- provincialism
- regionalism
- set phrase
- slang
- solecism
- speech
- street talk
- style
- talk
- terminology
- tongue
- uncivilizedness
- usage
- vernacular
- vernacularism
- vernacularity
- vocabulary
- vulgarism
- word
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