PROVINCIALISM


Meaning of PROVINCIALISM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ prəvɪnʃəlɪzəm ]

Provincialism is the holding of old-fashioned attitudes and opinions, which some people think is typical of people in areas away from the capital city of a country.

...the stifling bourgeois provincialism of Buxton.

N-UNCOUNT [ disapproval ]

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