localism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
  2. noun a partiality for some particular place
    provincialism; sectionalism.

WordNet


Lo"cal*ism noun
Definitions
  1. The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.
  2. A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.

Webster 1913