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Get to know Provincialism better with 5 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like narrowness or sectionalism.

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Provincialism in a sentence

Provincialism meaning

  1. The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
  2. A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
  3. Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one's regional government; the belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.

Synonyms of Provincialism

narrow-mindedness narrowness sectionalism localism partiality partisanship

Related words

Other words often associated with Provincialism or its synonyms:

disposition impartiality inclination intolerance tendency width margin limitation fancy slimness restriction breadth

Using Provincialism

  • The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners. | A word or locution characteristic of a region or district. | Synonym of regionalism: belief in the superiority of one's regional government; the belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to provincial governments.
  • Useful related words include: narrow-mindedness, narrowness, sectionalism, localism.
  • In the example corpus, provincialism often appears in combinations such as: of provincialism, the provincialism, provincialism of.

Context around Provincialism

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Provincialism

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

about the provincialism of u 1× directed against provincialism and ignorance 1× disease of provincialism 1× ties of provincialism how to 1× to the provincialism of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

cosmopolitanism is the 1× from 1917 he 1× hbo s tepid 1× the author of 1× this internationalist programme 1×

Common sentence endings:

catastrophic as 2020 1× disease of provincialism 1× provincialism and ignorance 1× the labour movement 1× to try harder 1×

Words around Provincialism

Just before it in the word index:

provinciale 4 provincial 3.099 provincia 8 provincewide 17 provincetown 49 provinces 1.629

Just after it in the word index:

provinciality 3 provincially 45 provincials 22 provincias 2 proving 1.214 proviral 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Provincialism

  • In this selection, "provincialism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include about the provincialism of u and directed against provincialism and ignorance. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "provincialism" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with provincialism

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Cosmopolitanism is the antidote to the disease of provincialism. (9 words)

This internationalist programme stands in sharp contrast to the provincialism of the present leaders of the labour movement. (18 words)

HBO’s tepid satire about the provincialism of U.S. liberals doesn’t play well in a year as catastrophic as 2020. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

The author of the Try Harder PDX allowed the to interview them via email about their reasons behind the project and their ideas on the binding ties of provincialism, how to energize local artists, and why Portland needs to try harder. (41 words)

From 1917 he wrote music reviews for The New Age under the pen name William Atheling, and weekly pieces for The Egoist and The Little Review – many of the latter directed against provincialism and ignorance. (35 words)

HBO’s tepid satire about the provincialism of U.S. liberals doesn’t play well in a year as catastrophic as 2020. (22 words)

Example sentences (5)

Cosmopolitanism is the antidote to the disease of provincialism.

HBO’s tepid satire about the provincialism of U.S. liberals doesn’t play well in a year as catastrophic as 2020.

The author of the Try Harder PDX allowed the to interview them via email about their reasons behind the project and their ideas on the binding ties of provincialism, how to energize local artists, and why Portland needs to try harder.

This internationalist programme stands in sharp contrast to the provincialism of the present leaders of the labour movement.

From 1917 he wrote music reviews for The New Age under the pen name William Atheling, and weekly pieces for The Egoist and The Little Review – many of the latter directed against provincialism and ignorance.

Common combinations with provincialism

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "provincialism" in a sentence?
An example: "Cosmopolitanism is the antidote to the disease of provincialism." This page contains 5 example sentences with the word "provincialism" from authentic English texts.
What does "provincialism" mean?
Provincialism means: The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
What are synonyms of "provincialism"?
Common synonyms of "provincialism" include: narrow-mindedness, narrowness, sectionalism, localism, partiality, partisanship.
How many example sentences with "provincialism" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 5 example sentences with "provincialism", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.