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Noun: provincialism  pru'vin-shu`li-zum
  1. A lack of sophistication
     
  2. A partiality for some particular place
    - sectionalism, localism

Derived forms: provincialisms

Type of: narrow-mindedness, narrowness, partiality, partisanship

Encyclopedia: Provincialism

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