Found 2 items, similar to Provincialism.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: provincialism provincialism n 1: a lack of sophistication 2: a partiality for some particular place [syn: sectionalism, localism]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Provincialism Provincialism \Pro*vin"cial*ism\, n. [Cf. F. provincialisme.] A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]