provincialism
English
Etymology
From French provincialisme
Noun
provincialism (countable and uncountable, plural provincialisms)
- The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
- The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner
- (linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
- 1875, Andrew Dousa Hepburn, Manual of English Rhetoric, New York: American Book Company, p 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.
- 1875, Andrew Dousa Hepburn, Manual of English Rhetoric, New York: American Book Company, p 79:
Synonyms
- (linguistics): regionalism
Translations
quality of being provincial
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linguistics: word or locution characteristic of a region or district — See also translations at regionalism
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