regionalism

English

Etymology

regional +‎ -ism

Noun

regionalism (countable and uncountable, plural regionalisms)

Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
Political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative autonomy to regions.
(countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.

Synonyms

(linguistics): provincialism

Hyponyms

(linguistics; English regionalism): Americanism, Australianism, Briticism, Britishism, Canadianism

Related terms

Translations

affection

Catalan: regionalisme m
Finnish: nurkkakuntaisuus (fi), regionalismi (fi)
Romanian: regionalism (ro) n

Russian: ме́стничество (ru) (méstničestvo)
Spanish: regionalismo (es) m

political tendency

Catalan: regionalisme m
Malay: regionalisme, faham keserantauan
Romanian: regionalism (ro) n

Russian: райони́рование (ru) (rajonírovanije)
Spanish: regionalismo (es) m

linguistic characteristic — See also translations at provincialism

Czech: regionalismus (cs) m, oblastní slovo n
French: régionalisme (fr)
German: Regionalismus (de) m
Polish: regionalizm (pl) m
Portuguese: regionalismo (pt) m

Romanian: regionalism (ro) n
Russian: провинциали́зм (ru) (provincialízm)
Spanish: regionalismo (es) m
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 區域主義

Italian: ^{(please verify)} regionalismo (it)

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