Antonyms for provincialism

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pruh-vin-shuh-liz-uh m

Phonetic Transcription : prəˈvɪn ʃəˌlɪz əm

Definition of provincialism

Origin : 1820 in the political sense, "local attachment as opposed to national unity," from provincial + -ism. Meaning "manners or modes of a certain province or of provinces generally" (as opposed to the big city or capital) is from 1836. Sense of "a local word or usage or expression" is from 1770.
PROVINCIALISM consists in:(a) An ignorance of the manners, customs and nature of people living outside one's own village, parish, or nation.(b) A desire to coerce others into uniformity.[Ezra Pound, "Provincialism the Enemy," 1917]

As in parlance : noun idiom
As in barbarism : noun crudity, savagery, especially in speech
As in bigotry : noun intolerance, prejudice
As in dialect : noun local speech
As in idiom : noun manner of speaking, turn of phrase

Example sentences :

I never intended to curse the people with a provincialism so vast as this.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

The provincialism with which I had cursed his people extended to himself.
Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling

But, compared with the provincialism of the South of 1860, he is a cosmopolitan.
Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam

In this way they kept themselves free from the taint of provincialism.
Extract from : « The Country House » by John Galsworthy

We could not give her over to a lumberman, doubly accursed by wealth and provincialism.
Extract from : « The Four Million » by O. Henry

This provincialism is correct for Lancashire, and as far as I know for Cumberland.
Extract from : « Out in the Forty-Five » by Emily Sarah Holt

This shows the worst kind of provincialism and a vulgar spirit.
Extract from : « The Complete Bachelor » by Walter Germain

"I imagine that Grayson will make a display of provincialism to-night," he said.
Extract from : « The Candidate » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler

This strictly Lancastrian provincialism is supposed to be a corruption of “choose how.”
Extract from : « It Might Have Been » by Emily Sarah Holt

Its disease might seem to have been an aggravated form of provincialism.
Extract from : « Instigations » by Ezra Pound

Synonyms for provincialism

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