sectionalism, provincialism, localism
(noun) a partiality for some particular place
provincialism
(noun) a lack of sophistication
Source: WordNet® 3.1
provincialism (countable and uncountable, plural provincialisms)
The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
(linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
• (linguistics): regionalism
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*vin"cial*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. provincialisme.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
