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localism
/ ˈəʊəˌɪə /
noun
a pronunciation, phrase, etc, peculiar to a particular locality
another word for provincialism
Other Word Forms
- localist noun
- localistic adjective
- ˌdzˈپ adjective
- ˈdz noun
Example Sentences
At the core of our mythic remembrance of that era is a sense of localism, a sense of working-class security and pride.
Surfers can be notoriously territorial, and while I didn’t encounter any hostile localism at Westport, surfing’s growing popularity in Western Washington, combined with limited jetty parking, may occasionally raise tensions.
As you read the list keep in mind that localism of ownership is critical and that newspapers should never again become controlled by absent investors who do not care about our communities.
Childhood memories, marketing and a fashion for localism came together to make milk tea a totem of Hong Kong culture.
“Progress today is called localism. It’s called defending borders. It’s called protectionism,” he told the AP in 2019, ahead of European elections, rejecting what he called “massive immigration.”
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