provincialismn.

Brit.

/prəˈvɪnʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/,

/prəˈvɪnʃəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/prəˈvɪn(t)ʃəˌlɪz(ə)m/,

/proʊˈvɪn(t)ʃəˌlɪz(ə)m/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: provincial adj., -ism suffix.

Etymology: < provincial adj. + -ism suffix. Compare French provincialisme linguistic feature of the provinces (1779). Compare provincialist n.

a. A word, phrase, or pronunciation characteristic of a particular province or the provinces; (also) the manner of speech characteristic of a particular province or region.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > regional dialects

Doricism1698

Dorism1698

provincialism1770

cant1802

Patavinitya1814

countyism1839

regionalism1930

the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > regional dialects > word or phrase of

rusticity1675

rusticism1749

provincialism1770

villagism1772

localism1823

nationalism1823

colonialism1842

ruralism1854

1770 Monthly Rev. 42 180 His language..is, moreover, frequently debased with certain provincialisms.

1793 H. Marsh tr. J. D. Michaelis Introd. New Test. I. iv. §13. 176 Inscriptions..of singular service..in explaining the provincialisms and idiotisms.

1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 iii. ii. 305 The style was thought to be harsh and uncouth; the language full of Lombard provincialism.

1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 28 Buchanan, Bellenden, and Johnston had their provincialisms and peculiarities, as Livy the Paduan, and Sallust the Sabine had.

1898 Argosy Aug. 5 Griswold did not fail to notice the entire absence of provincialisms that usually distinguish the native Cuban's use of the language.

1922 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 35 103 As regards the question of dialectic peculiarities and provincialisms, it could hardly be expected that the children would record the mistakes of their elders.

1991 Eng. World-wide 12 181 If an English idiom is an archaism, a provincialism, or both, it is likely to be found in either the Oxford English Dictionary..or the English Dialect Dictionary.

b. In extended use: a characteristic or feature confined to, or associated with, a certain area; a local peculiarity or variety. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic > of a particular area

locality1802

localism1823

provincialism1845

speciality1854

1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 127 Ecclesiastical architecture has its provincialisms, like dialects.

1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) p. xxxvii Windows of this character are common in the northern part of Oxfordshire, and may be considered as a provincialism.

2004 Amer. Journalism Rev. (Nexis) Mar. 50 Wonderful provincialisms like cod cakes sandwiched between saltines and slathered in mustard.

2. Distinctively provincial character; the outlook, manners, tastes, etc., associated with or attributed to a particular province or the provinces as distinguished from the capital or chief seat of government; esp. (depreciative) narrow-mindedness or insularity; lack of education, culture, or sophistication. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] > provincialism

provincialism1819

Watford1973

the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > [noun]

insularity1755

provinciality1769

localism1798

provincialism1819

parish pump1840

parochialism1847

vestrydom1860

vestryism1861

Podsnappery1864

parochialness1866

vestryhood1871

insularism1880

peninsularity1882

parochiality1887

parish pumpery1902

localitis1943

bourgeois-mindedness1955

1819 Times 5 Feb. 3/3 His talents are not exactly of the London calibre... He..must retire to that sphere where alone he can be permitted to act a conspicuous part—second or third-rate provincialism.

1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet II. 101 There is a provincialism of mind as well as of accent—a nationality of counties.

1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 204 Perhaps the narrowest provincialism is that of Self.

1902 Westm. Gaz. 16 Oct. 2/2 This idea was fostered by the London Unionist Press, but that Press was afflicted with a sort of metropolitan provincialism.

1995 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Feb. 11/3 She considered that Southey failed to find a niche in the canon because of his provincialism and gregariousness.

3. Attachment or loyalty to one's own province or region, its institutions, interests, etc., esp. as considered more important than those of the nation or state of which it is a part; provincial patriotism; desire for provincial autonomy rather than national unity.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > [noun] > local patriotism

provincialism1822

municipalism1851

society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > provincial or local autonomy

provincialism1822

municipalism1851

communalism1871

communism1871

cantonalism1873

1822 Ann. Reg. 1820 (Otridge ed.) i. Hist. Europe 245/2 The prevalence of a spirit of provincialism—and the factions into which the capital was split.

1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1867) III. 27 The inherent view of the Netherland polity was already a tendency to decentralisation and provincialism.

1873 Spectator 23 Aug. 1061/1 The Welsh themselves admit that the meeting tends to maintain their provincialism, their separateness, and their pride of pedigree.

1902 Daily Chron. 26 June 4/3 The key~note of Spanish life, both in town and country, is provincialism. His pueblo and his province are infinitely more to a Spaniard than his mother country.

1970 P. Berton National Dream iii. iii. 108 His Excellency saw himself as a kind of walking flag, a unifying national force in a sea of petty provincialism.

1992 L. LaPierre Canada my Canada xvi. 207 To me it was the opening for provincialism to become the dominant force to the detriment of national paramountcy.

4. Ecology. The condition of constituting or occurring (only) in a particular biogeographical province. Also: evolution or (scientific) partitioning into such provinces. Cf. province n. 7a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [noun]

cosmopolitanism1870

endemicity1886

endemism1886

bipolarity1896

radiation1898

zonation1898

frequency1913

provincialism1929

overdispersion1930

under-dispersion1935

provinciality1952

1927 Amer. Naturalist 61 39 The inferior powers of locomotion of Thomomys has [sic] produced a condition of extreme provincialism, as it were; influenced by the more or less impassable barriers here and there, each of the many diverse specific and subspecific areas has impressed its stamp, namely, a peculiar combination of adaptive characters best fitting that subspecies to its restricted area.]

1929 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 15 477 The bearing of these [Miocene] floras on..the distribution of terrestrial plants, and on the progressive provincialism of the North American Flora.

1969 Spec. Papers Geol. Soc. Amer. No. 119. 1 Provincialism increased by the addition of the Malvinokaffric Province.

1975 Nature 22 May 353/2 Why should the early Devonian faunas exhibit more provincialism, for instance, than those of the late Silurian.

2000 J. A. Burnett et al. in S. J. Culver & P. F. Rawson Response to Global Change 42 In the earliest Cretaceous, provincialism was less marked but, for the first time, a number of taxa began to display clearly bipolar distributions, and high-latitude-affinity taxa were common for the first time.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	provincialism
释义	provincialismn. Brit. /prəˈvɪnʃl̩ɪz(ə)m/, /prəˈvɪnʃəlɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /prəˈvɪn(t)ʃəˌlɪz(ə)m/, /proʊˈvɪn(t)ʃəˌlɪz(ə)m/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: provincial adj., -ism suffix. Etymology: < provincial adj. + -ism suffix. Compare French provincialisme linguistic feature of the provinces (1779). Compare provincialist n. 1. a. A word, phrase, or pronunciation characteristic of a particular province or the provinces; (also) the manner of speech characteristic of a particular province or region. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > regional dialects Doricism1698 Dorism1698 provincialism1770 cant1802 Patavinitya1814 countyism1839 regionalism1930 the mind > language > a language > dialect > [noun] > regional dialects > word or phrase of rusticity1675 rusticism1749 provincialism1770 villagism1772 localism1823 nationalism1823 colonialism1842 ruralism1854 1770 Monthly Rev. 42 180 His language..is, moreover, frequently debased with certain provincialisms. 1793 H. Marsh tr. J. D. Michaelis Introd. New Test. I. iv. §13. 176 Inscriptions..of singular service..in explaining the provincialisms and idiotisms. 1851 ‘L. Mariotti’ Italy in 1848 iii. ii. 305 The style was thought to be harsh and uncouth; the language full of Lombard provincialism. 1864 J. H. Burton Scot Abroad II. i. 28 Buchanan, Bellenden, and Johnston had their provincialisms and peculiarities, as Livy the Paduan, and Sallust the Sabine had. 1898 Argosy Aug. 5 Griswold did not fail to notice the entire absence of provincialisms that usually distinguish the native Cuban's use of the language. 1922 Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 35 103 As regards the question of dialectic peculiarities and provincialisms, it could hardly be expected that the children would record the mistakes of their elders. 1991 Eng. World-wide 12 181 If an English idiom is an archaism, a provincialism, or both, it is likely to be found in either the Oxford English Dictionary..or the English Dialect Dictionary. b. In extended use: a characteristic or feature confined to, or associated with, a certain area; a local peculiarity or variety. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [noun] > a characteristic > of a particular area locality1802 localism1823 provincialism1845 speciality1854 1845 R. Ford Hand-bk. Travellers in Spain I. i. 127 Ecclesiastical architecture has its provincialisms, like dialects. 1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) p. xxxvii Windows of this character are common in the northern part of Oxfordshire, and may be considered as a provincialism. 2004 Amer. Journalism Rev. (Nexis) Mar. 50 Wonderful provincialisms like cod cakes sandwiched between saltines and slathered in mustard. 2. Distinctively provincial character; the outlook, manners, tastes, etc., associated with or attributed to a particular province or the provinces as distinguished from the capital or chief seat of government; esp. (depreciative) narrow-mindedness or insularity; lack of education, culture, or sophistication. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > [noun] > provincialism provincialism1819 Watford1973 the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > [noun] insularity1755 provinciality1769 localism1798 provincialism1819 parish pump1840 parochialism1847 vestrydom1860 vestryism1861 Podsnappery1864 parochialness1866 vestryhood1871 insularism1880 peninsularity1882 parochiality1887 parish pumpery1902 localitis1943 bourgeois-mindedness1955 1819 Times 5 Feb. 3/3 His talents are not exactly of the London calibre... He..must retire to that sphere where alone he can be permitted to act a conspicuous part—second or third-rate provincialism. 1836 H. Smith Tin Trumpet II. 101 There is a provincialism of mind as well as of accent—a nationality of counties. 1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 204 Perhaps the narrowest provincialism is that of Self. 1902 Westm. Gaz. 16 Oct. 2/2 This idea was fostered by the London Unionist Press, but that Press was afflicted with a sort of metropolitan provincialism. 1995 Times Lit. Suppl. 3 Feb. 11/3 She considered that Southey failed to find a niche in the canon because of his provincialism and gregariousness. 3. Attachment or loyalty to one's own province or region, its institutions, interests, etc., esp. as considered more important than those of the nation or state of which it is a part; provincial patriotism; desire for provincial autonomy rather than national unity. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > patriotism > [noun] > local patriotism provincialism1822 municipalism1851 society > authority > rule or government > politics > political philosophy > principles of or attachment to types of government > [noun] > provincial or local autonomy provincialism1822 municipalism1851 communalism1871 communism1871 cantonalism1873 1822 Ann. Reg. 1820 (Otridge ed.) i. Hist. Europe 245/2 The prevalence of a spirit of provincialism—and the factions into which the capital was split. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. Netherlands (1867) III. 27 The inherent view of the Netherland polity was already a tendency to decentralisation and provincialism. 1873 Spectator 23 Aug. 1061/1 The Welsh themselves admit that the meeting tends to maintain their provincialism, their separateness, and their pride of pedigree. 1902 Daily Chron. 26 June 4/3 The key~note of Spanish life, both in town and country, is provincialism. His pueblo and his province are infinitely more to a Spaniard than his mother country. 1970 P. Berton National Dream iii. iii. 108 His Excellency saw himself as a kind of walking flag, a unifying national force in a sea of petty provincialism. 1992 L. LaPierre Canada my Canada xvi. 207 To me it was the opening for provincialism to become the dominant force to the detriment of national paramountcy. 4. Ecology. The condition of constituting or occurring (only) in a particular biogeographical province. Also: evolution or (scientific) partitioning into such provinces. Cf. province n. 7a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > balance of nature > distribution > [noun] cosmopolitanism1870 endemicity1886 endemism1886 bipolarity1896 radiation1898 zonation1898 frequency1913 provincialism1929 overdispersion1930 under-dispersion1935 provinciality1952 1927 Amer. Naturalist 61 39 The inferior powers of locomotion of Thomomys has [sic] produced a condition of extreme provincialism, as it were; influenced by the more or less impassable barriers here and there, each of the many diverse specific and subspecific areas has impressed its stamp, namely, a peculiar combination of adaptive characters best fitting that subspecies to its restricted area.] 1929 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 15 477 The bearing of these [Miocene] floras on..the distribution of terrestrial plants, and on the progressive provincialism of the North American Flora. 1969 Spec. Papers Geol. Soc. Amer. No. 119. 1 Provincialism increased by the addition of the Malvinokaffric Province. 1975 Nature 22 May 353/2 Why should the early Devonian faunas exhibit more provincialism, for instance, than those of the late Silurian. 2000 J. A. Burnett et al. in S. J. Culver & P. F. Rawson Response to Global Change 42 In the earliest Cretaceous, provincialism was less marked but, for the first time, a number of taxa began to display clearly bipolar distributions, and high-latitude-affinity taxa were common for the first time. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1770
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