provincialism

Meanings

Plural: provincialisms

Noun

• a lack of sophistication
• a partiality for some particular place
• The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
• A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
• Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one's regional government; the belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.

Synonyms

localism, regionalism, sectionalism