provincialnoun [ C ]
uk/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/us/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/mainly disapprovinga person who comes from somewhere in a country outside its capital city
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Towns & regions: parts of countries
- Breton
- canton
- Catalan
- city state
- co-
- county
- county borough
- countywide
- east
- East Ender
- level
- north
- northeast
- northerner
- region
- regionalism
- reservation
- southerner
- southwest
- upstate
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provincialadjective
uk/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/us/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl/relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or an empire:
provincial governments
C2 in or from the parts of the country that are not the capital city:
The majority of young professionals in the capital have moved there from provincial towns.
disapproving having opinions and ideas that are old-fashioned and simple:
provincial attitudes
More examples
- Despite the fact that he is widely travelled, he has very provincial attitudes.
- a provincial newspaper/theatre/town
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Towns & regions: parts of countries
- Breton
- canton
- Catalan
- city state
- co-
- county
- county borough
- countywide
- east
- East Ender
- level
- north
- northeast
- northerner
- region
- regionalism
- reservation
- southerner
- southwest
- upstate
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Old or old-fashioned
provincialism
noun [ U ] uk/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/us/prəˈvɪn.ʃəl.ɪ.zəm/disapproving