provincialism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a lack of sophistication
  2. noun a partiality for some particular place
    localism; sectionalism.

WordNet


Pro*vin"cial*ism noun
Etymology
Cf. F. provincialisme.
Definitions
  1. A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. M. Arnold.

Webster 1913