provincialism Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun a lack of sophistication
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noun a partiality for some particular place
localism; sectionalism.
WordNet
Pro*vin"cial*ism noun
Etymology
Cf. F.Definitions
A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. M. Arnold.