provincialism
English edit
Etymology edit
From French provincialisme.
Noun edit
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, 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.
- (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 edit
- (linguistics): regionalism
Translations edit
quality of being provincial
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linguistics: word or locution characteristic of a region or district — see also regionalism
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Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French provincialisme. By surface analysis, provincial + -ism.
Noun edit
provincialism n (plural provincialisme)
Declension edit
Declension of provincialism
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) provincialism | provincialismul | (niște) provincialisme | provincialismele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) provincialism | provincialismului | (unor) provincialisme | provincialismelor |
| vocative | provincialismule | provincialismelor | ||