provincialism

English

Etymology

From French provincialisme, equivalent to provincial +‎ -ism.

Noun

provincialism (countable and uncountable, plural provincialisms)

1. The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.

   The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner

2. (linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
   • 1875, Andrew Dousa Hepburn, Manual of English Rhetoric, New York: American Book Company, page 79:

     Prose is allowed less liberty in this respect; but no one nowadays would maintain that the adoption of a provincialism into the literary dialect is absolutely prohibited.

3. (politics) Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one's regional government; the belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.

Synonyms

• (linguistics): regionalism

Translations

quality of being provincial

• Armenian: գավառամտություն (hy) (gavaṙamtutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: провинциалност f (provincialnost)
• Finnish: provinsialismi, maalaismaisuus (fi), maalaisuus (fi)
• French: provincialisme (fr) m
• German: Provinzialismus (de) m
• Italian: provincialismo (it)
• Malay: faham kedaerahan, provinsialisme
• Polish: prowincjonalizm m
• Portuguese: provincianismo (pt), provincialismo (pt)
• Romanian: provincialism (ro) n
• Russian: провинциа́льность (ru) (provinciálʹnostʹ)
• Tagalog: lalagiwanin
• Volapük: provinim (vo), (obsolete) plovinim

linguistics: word or locution characteristic of a region or district — see also regionalism

• Finnish: murresana (word), murteellinen ilmaus (locution); provinsialismi
• German: Provinzialismus (de) m, Regionalismus (de) m
• Polish: prowincjonalizm m
• Romanian: provincialism (ro) n

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French provincialisme. By surface analysis, provincial +‎ -ism.

Noun

provincialism n (plural provincialisme)

1. provincialism

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	provincialism	provincialismul		provincialisme	provincialismele
genitive-dative	provincialism	provincialismului		provincialisme	provincialismelor
vocative	provincialismule			provincialismelor