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provincialism

/pruh-vin-shuh-liz-uhm/US // prəˈvɪn ʃəˌlɪz əm //UK // (prəˈvɪnʃəˌlɪzəm) //

乡土主义,乡土气息,乡下人,乡土气

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : narrowness of mind, ignorance, or the like, considered as resulting from lack of exposure to cultural or intellectual activity.
    • : a trait, habit of thought, etc., characteristic of a provincial, a province, or the provinces.
    • : a word, expression, or mode of pronunciation peculiar to a province.
    • : devotion to one's own province before the nation as a whole.

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Examples

  • It encourages provincialism, a focus on the local rather than national interest.

  • No speechifying, no debates, no scolding of American provincialism, just a welcome view of what the rest of the world is reading.

  • But insularity or provincialism in the literary community, he said, is nothing to sneer at.

  • Suchet, an ardent student of human nature, was quick to appreciate how to turn to his use this provincialism.

  • This shows the worst kind of provincialism and a vulgar spirit.

  • Upon the embers of provincialism he heaped the inflammable brush-wood of excited rhetoric.

  • Travelling takes away provincialism because it broadens the outlook.

  • Britain, notwithstanding her series of illustrious names, had not yet quite shaken off an air of provincialism.