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单词 provincialism
释义 pro·vin·cial·ism
\-chəˌlizəm\ noun
(-s)
1. : a dialectal or local word, phrase, or idiom
 < answers come back in … slang, provincialisms, profanity — S.L.Payne >
2. : the quality or state of being provincial: as
 a. : exclusive attachment to one's own province, region, or country
  < tourists shedding their provincialism >
 specifically : devotion to provincial autonomy
  < went back to the pub to argue provincialismSunday Express (Johannesburg) South Africa >
 b. : indifference to what is alien, unfamiliar, or diverse : narrowness or limitation (as in interests, views, or thought) — contrasted with cosmopolitanism
  < intellectual provincialism >
  < relation between temporal … cultural or national provincialismJournal of Philosophy >
  < a newspaper steeped in biased provincialism — Herbert Brucker >
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