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provincial
pro·vin·cial P0622800 (prə-vĭn′shəl)adj.1. Of or relating to a province.2. Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated: "Well-educated professional women ... made me feel uncomfortably provincial" (J.R. Salamanca).3. Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered.n.1. A native or inhabitant of the provinces.2. A person who has provincial ideas or habits. pro·vin′cial·ly adv.provincial (prəˈvɪnʃəl) adj1. of or connected with a province2. characteristic of or connected with the provinces; local3. (Sociology) having attitudes and opinions supposedly common to people living in the provinces; rustic or unsophisticated; limited4. (Soccer) NZ denoting a football team representing a province, one of the historical administrative areas of New Zealandn5. (Sociology) a person lacking the sophistications of city life; rustic or narrow-minded individual6. (Sociology) a person coming from or resident in a province or the provinces7. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the head of an ecclesiastical province8. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the head of a major territorial subdivision of a religious order provinciality n proˈvincially advpro•vin•cial (prəˈvɪn ʃəl) adj. 1. belonging or peculiar to a particular province or provinces; local. 2. of or pertaining to the provinces. 3. rustic, narrow, or illiberal; unsophisticated; parochial. 4. (often cap.) of or pertaining to styles of furniture, architecture, etc., developed in the provinces, esp. when based on styles originating in or around the capital: Italian provincial. n. 5. a person who lives in or comes from the provinces. 6. a person lacking in urban sophistication or broad-mindedness. 7. the head of an ecclesiastical province. [1300–50; Middle English (n. and adj.) < Latin prōvinciālis. See province, -al1] pro•vin′cial•ly, adv. ThesaurusNoun | 1. | provincial - (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order; "the general of the Jesuits receives monthly reports from the provincials"Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchyfunctionary, official - a worker who holds or is invested with an office | | 2. | provincial - a country person bucolic, peasantcottar, cotter - a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlandsmoujik, mujik, muzhik, muzjik - a Russian peasant (especially prior to 1917)rustic - an unsophisticated country person | Adj. | 1. | provincial - of or associated with a province; "provincial government" | | 2. | provincial - characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes"cosmopolitan - composed of people from or at home in many parts of the world; especially not provincial in attitudes or interests; "his cosmopolitan benevolence impartially extended to all races and to all creeds"- T.B. Macaulay; "the ancient and cosmopolitan societies of Syria and Egypt"; "that queer, cosmopolitan, rather sinister crowd found around the Marseilles docks" |
provincialadjective1. regional, state, local, county, district, territorial, parochial The local and provincial elections take place in June.2. rural, country, local, home-grown, rustic, homespun, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), backwoods My accent gave away my provincial roots. rural urban3. parochial, insular, narrow-minded, unsophisticated, limited, narrow, small-town (chiefly U.S.), uninformed, inward-looking, small-minded, parish-pump, upcountry The audience was dull and very provincial. parochial sophisticated, refined, cosmopolitan, fashionable, urbanenoun1. yokel, hick (informal, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), rustic, country cousin, hayseed (U.S. & Canad. informal) French provincials looking for work in Parisprovincialadjective1. Of or relating to the countryside:arcadian, bucolic, campestral, country, pastoral, rural, rustic.Informal: hick.2. Having the restricted outlook often characteristic of geographic isolation:insular, limited, local, narrow, narrow-minded, parochial, small-town.Translationsprovince (ˈprovins) noun a division of a country, empire etc. Britain was once a Roman province. 省 省proˈvincial (-ˈvinʃəl) adjective 省的 省的
provincial
provincial1. NZ denoting a football team representing a province, one of the historical administrative areas of New Zealand 2. the head of an ecclesiastical province 3. the head of a major territorial subdivision of a religious order LegalSeeProvinceprovincial
Synonyms for provincialadj regionalSynonyms- regional
- state
- local
- county
- district
- territorial
- parochial
adj ruralSynonyms- rural
- country
- local
- home-grown
- rustic
- homespun
- hick
- backwoods
Antonymsadj parochialSynonyms- parochial
- insular
- narrow-minded
- unsophisticated
- limited
- narrow
- small-town
- uninformed
- inward-looking
- small-minded
- parish-pump
- upcountry
Antonyms- sophisticated
- refined
- cosmopolitan
- fashionable
- urbane
noun yokelSynonyms- yokel
- hick
- rustic
- country cousin
- hayseed
Synonyms for provincialadj of or relating to the countrysideSynonyms- arcadian
- bucolic
- campestral
- country
- pastoral
- rural
- rustic
- hick
adj having the restricted outlook often characteristic of geographic isolationSynonyms- insular
- limited
- local
- narrow
- narrow-minded
- parochial
- small-town
Synonyms for provincialnoun (Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious orderRelated Words- Church of Rome
- Roman Catholic Church
- Roman Church
- Western Church
- Roman Catholic
- functionary
- official
noun a country personSynonymsRelated Words- cottar
- cotter
- moujik
- mujik
- muzhik
- muzjik
- rustic
adj characteristic of the provinces or their peopleAntonyms |