provincializev.
/prəˈvɪnʃl̩ʌɪz/, /prəˈvɪnʃəlʌɪz/, U.S. /prəˈvɪn(t)ʃəˌlaɪz/, /proʊˈvɪn(t)ʃəˌlaɪz/ 1. transitive. To make provincial, regional, or local; to give a provincial character to; (also) to make into a province.In quot. 1778: to render into colloquial language.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > make provincial [verb (transitive)]
provincialize1778
the mind > language > a language > dialect > make into a dialect [verb (transitive)] > use regional dialect term for
provincialize1849
society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > centralized or regionalized systems > [verb (transitive)] > regionalize or decentralize
federalize1787
territorializea1834
decentralize1859
provincialize1885
regionalize1938
1778 W. Marshall Minutes Agric. 16 Jan. 1776 For their recollection I provincialized the above lines: ‘The guts to clear, Stab on the near’.
1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 26 171 That nothing be done which would have the effect of provincialising the literature.
1849 Zoologist 7 2392 None of your correspondents have provincialized the names of our water-birds.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 31 Dec. 2/1 Every branch of [Indian] expenditure, in fact, that was not of necessity Imperial..was provincialized.
1926 D. C. Brewer Conquest New Eng. iii. xii. 187 These men and their New England contemporaries of influence and wealth have watched..the provincializing of New England by outside combinations of capital.
1951 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 41 155 Corbulo..tried to provincialize Armenia.
1993 Los Angeles Times (Nexis) 29 Mar. b7/3 We can no longer provincialize Christianity. The Body of Christ, like his seamless robe, is one throughout the world.
2003 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 20 Nov. 45/1 By excluding himself from such company, Eric Hobsbawm, of all people, has provincialized himself.
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the mind > language > a language > dialect > [verb (intransitive)] > use a regional dialect
provincialize1803
rusticize1822
1803 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 16 306 As it appears that Peter provincialized and was unlearned, he probably wrote in the vernacular tongue.
3. intransitive. To become provincial in character. Also (Canadian): to transfer administrative power from central government to the provinces. rare.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > narrow-mindedness > insularity, provincialism > become provincial [verb (intransitive)]
provincialize1892
1892 Black & White 6 Aug. 150/1 Men's minds do not always widen, they sometimes ‘provincialise’ with the process of the suns.
1994 Western Rep. (Canada) (Nexis) 31 Oct. The leader of the Ontario drive to provincialize, afterwards insisted the convention had made a mistake.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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