PROVINCIALISM

n. 1 dialectalism, localism, regionalism; idiom, patois, dialect His northern speech is peppered with provincialisms unfamiliar to those who live in the south 2 narrow-mindedness, insularity, parochialism, narrowness, benightedness; unsophisticatedness, simplicity, lack of awareness, naïvety, ingenuousness, innocence, inexperience Their provincialism made them suspicious of city people There was something charming about the provincialism of this rough man from the outback.