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proˈvincialized, ppl. a. [f. provincialize v. + -ed1.] Made, or having become, provincial; having become a province.
1955Times 23 June 11/6 A country which had felt itself neglected and provincialized under the Danish and, especially, the Swedish connexion. 1974Sci. Amer. Apr. 85/3 A widespread, soft-bodied fauna of low diversity gave way to a slightly provincialized, skeletonized fauna of somewhat higher diversity. |