localism

Meanings

Plural: localisms

Noun

• a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
• a partiality for some particular place
• Attachment to a particular local place; feelings or policies which emphasize local phenomena.
• A linguistic feature that is unique to a locality.
• The belief that language functions are localized to various parts of the brain.
• An approach to understanding expressions in terms of position and movement (sometimes abstract, e.g. one who is hungry is in a notional "space" of hunger).

Synonyms

provincialism, sectionalism

Related Words

localist, localistic