Synonyms for provincialism
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pruh-vin-shuh-liz-uh m |
| Phonetic Transcription : prəˈvɪn ʃəˌlɪz əm |
Top 10 synonyms for provincialism Other synonyms for the word provincialism
- cant
- catachresis
- coarseness
- colloquialism
- corruption
- dialect
- diction
- dogmatism
- expression
- idiosyncrasy
- impropriety
- inhumanity
- injustice
- jargon
- Jim Crowism
- language
- lingo
- localism
- locution
- malapropism
- misusage
- misuse
- narrow-mindedness
- parlance
- partiality
- patois
- patter
- phrase
- primitive culture
- pronunciation
- provincialism
- racialism
- racism
- regionalism
- sectarianism
- set phrase
- sexism
- slang
- solecism
- speech
- street talk
- style
- talk
- terminology
- tongue
- uncivilizedness
- unfairness
- usage
- vernacular
- vernacularism
- vernacularity
- vocabulary
- vulgarism
- word
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for provincialism
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