REGIONALISM

regionalism

(noun) loyalty to the interests of a particular region

regionalism

(noun) a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas

regionalism

(noun) a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

regionalism (countable and uncountable, plural regionalisms)

Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.

Political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative autonomy to regions.

(countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.

Synonyms

• (linguistics): provincialism

Hyponyms

• (linguistics; English regionalism): Americanism, Australianism, Briticism, Britishism, Canadianism

Source: Wiktionary

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