Provincialism

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Provincialism

(localism), a word or expression whose use is limited to a certain region, city, or other area. In the 19th century the term was used primarily to denote dialectisms, that is, deviations from standard speech.

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No references found			"Proletarian science" and "proletarian philosophy" were his phrases for it, and therein he shows the provincialism of his mind--a defect, however, that was due to the times and that none in that day could escape. The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context We could not give her over to a lumberman, doubly accursed by wealth and provincialism. The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context			Provencals Provençals Provence Provence Alps proventriculus Proverb Proverbs Proviantskii Prikaz Providence Providence Canyon State Park Providence County Providence Mountains State Recreation Area Provideniia Provideniia Bay Providentialism provider Province Province Wellesley Province, Physicogeographical Province, Roman Provincetown Provincetown Players provincial Provincial Committees provincial series Provincialism proving Proving Ground proving ring Provins Provintsiia Provirus provision provisional Provisional Committee of the State Duma of 1917 Provisional Don Government Provisional Government Provisional Government of the Northern Region Provisional People's Committee of North Korea Provisional Remedy Provisional Revolutionary Government Provisional Siberian Government Provisional Workers and Peasants Government Provisions of Oxford Provisors, Statute Provitamin provitrain provitrinite Provo Provocation provocative maintenance			Provincial Water Protection Fund Provincial Water Quality Monitoring Network Provincial Water Quality Objectives Provincial Weapons Enforcement Unit Provincial Women's Softball Association Provincial Youth Advisory Committee Provincial Youth Council Provincial Youth Event Provincial-Municipal Social Services Review Provincial/Territorial Committee on Building Standards Provincial/Territorial Policy Advisory Committee on Codes Provinciale Adviesraad Beeldende Kunst Provinciale Bibliotheek Centrale Utrecht Provinciale Commissie Buitenschoolse Opvang Provinciale Commissie Fysieke Leefomgeving Provinciale Handelsschool Hasselt Provinciale Industriële Hogeschool Provinciale Limburgse Electriciteits Maatschappij Provinciale Noordbrabantse Energie Maatschappij Provinciale Secundaire School Diepenbeek Provinciale Unie van Vrijwilligers Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant Provinciale Zeeuwse Electriciteitsmaatschappij Provinciales Provinciales Provinciales Provinciales Provincialism provincialisms provincialisms provincialisms provincialist provincialist provincialist provincialists provincialists provincialists provincialities provinciality provinciality provinciality provinciality provincialization provincialize provincialized provincializes provincializing provincially provincially provincially provincially Provincially Administered Tribal Area Provincially Significant Wetland Provincials Provincials Provincials Provincials Provinciate

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