单词 | localism |
释义 | localismn. 1. a. Preference for a particular place or region, esp. that in which one lives; limitation of ideas, sympathies, and interests resulting from this; tendency to favour what is local. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > [noun] insularity1755 provinciality1769 localism1798 provincialism1819 parish pump1840 parochialism1847 vestrydom1860 vestryism1861 Podsnappery1864 parochialness1866 vestryhood1871 insularism1880 peninsularity1882 parochiality1887 parish pumpery1902 localitis1943 bourgeois-mindedness1955 1798 R. Clifford tr. A. Barruel Mem. Hist. Jacobinism III. ix. 181 We really beheld Patriotism generating Localism [Fr. le Localisme], the confined spirit of families, and at length Egoism. 1843 G. Borrow Bible in Spain II. ix. 188 I have never seen the spirit of localism, which is so prevalent throughout Spain more strong than at Saint James. 1851 D. Webster Wks. II. 526 I am one of those who believe that our system of government is not to be destroyed by localisms, North or South. 1883 Spectator 30 June 828 Agriculture is more weighted by what we may call the localism of labour than by any other single cause. 1927 Rotarian July 15/1 In those days nationalism and even localism were much more pronounced than now. 1961 Life 17 Mar. 83/1 Once the War was over the Confederacy became a City of the Soul, beyond the haggling of politicians and the jealousy of localisms. 2007 R. van Ginkel in P. J. Margry & H. Roodenburg Reframing Dutch Culture iii. 38 The Sunderklaas celebration is one of several ways in which the islanders express their localism. b. Politics. The policy or practice of giving greater control to local residents, representatives, and authorities (as opposed to national or central government); prioritization of local initiatives, issues, and concerns. Also: advocacy of or support for this. Cf. regionalism n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > specific policies or advocacy of > [noun] > other specific policies or advocacy of laissez-faireism1848 localism1848 laissez-faire1873 irredentism1883 dissolutionism1894 expansionism1900 bilingualism1901 non-alignment1908 agriculturism1919 cultural imperialism1921 isolationism1922 unilateralism1926 autarky1934 elitism1934 pronatalism1938 neo-isolationism1951 non-alignedness1962 1848 Morning Chron. 29 Mar. 4/5 The union of individual participation..with..[a combined central power], legislative centralization with administrative localism. 1877 R. Wakelin Hist. & Politics 92 Localism v. centralism... Men chosen by the locality and resident on the spot..best know the wants of the district. 1921 J. Bryce Mod. Democracies II. xli. 55 Although American localism excludes many of the best men from politics, it may be credited with also excluding..undesirable adventurers. 1988 A. I. Cyr Liberal Politics in Brit. 182 The Liberal Party..philosophy stresses localism, individualism, and decentralization. 2012 Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 29/2 The final straw has been the Government's so-called localism legislation. This was supposed to have provided communities with greater control over local development. 2. Something characteristic of a particular place or region; a local feature or custom; esp. a linguistic feature or word peculiar to a place or region (cf. regionalism n. 3). ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic > of a particular area locality1802 localism1823 provincialism1845 speciality1854 the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > regional dialects > word or phrase of rusticity1675 rusticism1749 provincialism1770 villagism1772 localism1823 nationalism1823 colonialism1842 ruralism1854 1823 E. Moor (title) Suffolk words and phrases, or an attempt to collect the lingual localisms of that county. 1850 E. A. Freeman in Ecclesiologist 10 284 Architectural localisms, as illustrated by the churches of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire. 1897 Saga-bk. Viking Club Jan. 306 Brushing away many of the most interesting localisms in thought and language. 1932 Motor Boating Jan. 94/2 I had expected to hear many localisms of speech and some Shakesperean English, but neither was noticeable. 1973 Cincinnati Aug. 108/2 City chicken is nothing more than a lingering and humorous localism. An in-phrase for the hometowners, no more. 2009 S. Pincott Elephants & I 277 Put foot, a localism for ‘hurry’. 3. The belief that fevers or febrile diseases originate in a particular part or organ of the body, or are caused by conditions specific to a particular locality. Now historical. ΚΠ 1828 Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 9 15 Nothing..is left with which to combat disease, by this exclusive theory of localism, but leeches and starving. 1848 Western Lancet 8 22 Neither the morbid phenomena, nor the post-mortem appearances, gave any support to the theory of localism. 1890 Pacific Rec. Med. & Surg. 5 51 The reappearance of Cholera Asiatica at many points of the globe has imparted new animation to the discussion of the two antagonistic theories which are briefly called: Contagionism and Localism. 2011 J. Aberth Plagues in World Hist. 103 Anticontagionism, also referred to as localism or infectionism..recommended sanitation measures and better hygiene. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1798 |
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