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provincialism

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  1. 1. n. A word, or a word/manner">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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. a lack of sophistication Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. a partiality for some particular place Source: wordnet
  4. 4. A word, or a word/manner">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
  5. 5. A word, or a word/manner">manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or adistrict remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; aprovincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality. M.Arnold. Source: adambom
  6. 6. n:100 n. a lack of sophistication Source: ecdict

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