Provincialism [noun]

Definition of Provincialism:

idiom

Synonyms of Provincialism:

● Patois

● Argot

● Jargon

● Lingo

● Vernacular

● Dialect

● Diction

● Language

● Locution

● Colloquialism

● Speech

● Idiosyncrasy

● Phrase

● Tongue

● Expression

● Talk

● Localism

● Set phrase

● Street talk


Opposite/Antonyms of Provincialism:

● Listening

● Standard

● Silence


Sentence/Example of Provincialism:

I never intended to curse the people with a provincialism so vast as this.

The provincialism with which I had cursed his people extended to himself.

But, compared with the provincialism of the South of 1860, he is a cosmopolitan.

In this way they kept themselves free from the taint of provincialism.

We could not give her over to a lumberman, doubly accursed by wealth and provincialism.

This provincialism is correct for Lancashire, and as far as I know for Cumberland.

This shows the worst kind of provincialism and a vulgar spirit.

"I imagine that Grayson will make a display of provincialism to-night," he said.

This strictly Lancastrian provincialism is supposed to be a corruption of “choose how.”

Its disease might seem to have been an aggravated form of provincialism.