localitisn.

Brit.

/ləʊklˈʌɪtᵻs/,

/ləʊkəˈlʌɪtᵻs/, U.S.

/ˌloʊkəˈlaɪdᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: local adj., -itis suffix.

Etymology: < local adj. + -itis suffix.

colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.).

Undue concern for, interest in, or belief in the importance of a local area or local matters; spec. (with reference to diplomats) the tendency to be more sympathetic to the interests of one's host country than to those of one's own government.

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

1943 Newsweek 12 Apr. 18 The ‘Pacific first’ strategists are now reduced to those afflicted with localitis, a military disease..common to those, usually in remote spots, who see their local areas as the axial hub of all strategic movements.

1962 Listener 8 Nov. 747/1 He was suffering from the complaint known in the Foreign Service as ‘localitis’—such an intense obsession with his own particular field that he could not see beyond it.

1964 Economist 25 July 396/1 Among the world's occupational diseases, there is one that afflicts ambassadors. Americans call it ‘localitis’..when an envoy is so captivated by the country..to whom he is accredited that he keeps urging his home government to follow a policy which that country would favour.

1982 H. Kissinger Years Upheaval x. 445 Foreign Service Officers had a tendency to seek to balance it [sc. the isolationist tradition] by becoming spokesmen for the countries in which they were stationed or for which they were given responsibility... This is referred to as..‘localitis’, or ‘clientism’.

2009 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 16 Sept. 17 Diplomats get localitis—they tend to see things the way their host country sees them.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	localitis
释义	localitisn. Brit. /ləʊklˈʌɪtᵻs/, /ləʊkəˈlʌɪtᵻs/, U.S. /ˌloʊkəˈlaɪdᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: local adj., -itis suffix. Etymology: < local adj. + -itis suffix. colloquial (originally and chiefly U.S.). Undue concern for, interest in, or belief in the importance of a local area or local matters; spec. (with reference to diplomats) the tendency to be more sympathetic to the interests of one's host country than to those of one's own government. 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 1943 Newsweek 12 Apr. 18 The ‘Pacific first’ strategists are now reduced to those afflicted with localitis, a military disease..common to those, usually in remote spots, who see their local areas as the axial hub of all strategic movements. 1962 Listener 8 Nov. 747/1 He was suffering from the complaint known in the Foreign Service as ‘localitis’—such an intense obsession with his own particular field that he could not see beyond it. 1964 Economist 25 July 396/1 Among the world's occupational diseases, there is one that afflicts ambassadors. Americans call it ‘localitis’..when an envoy is so captivated by the country..to whom he is accredited that he keeps urging his home government to follow a policy which that country would favour. 1982 H. Kissinger Years Upheaval x. 445 Foreign Service Officers had a tendency to seek to balance it [sc. the isolationist tradition] by becoming spokesmen for the countries in which they were stationed or for which they were given responsibility... This is referred to as..‘localitis’, or ‘clientism’. 2009 New Straits Times (Malaysia) (Nexis) 16 Sept. 17 Diplomats get localitis—they tend to see things the way their host country sees them. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1943
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