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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners..
The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner
Prose is allowed less liberty in this respect; but no one nowadays would maintain that the adoption of a provincialism into the literary dialect is absolutely prohibited.
Use provincialism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Provincialism means The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners..
Common synonyms include regionalism, sectionalism, localism.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The blacksmith's provincialism showed in his speech and manner
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