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Localism

noun
1.
A phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality.
2.
A partiality for some particular place.  Synonyms: provincialism, sectionalism.





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"Localism" Quotes from Famous Books



... because by the order of its descent from the whole to the constituent parts it brings out more definitely the slight cohesiveness and integration of industry beyond the national limits, and serves to emphasise those qualities of nationalism and narrow localism which mark the character of earlier eighteenth century industry. We are thus enabled better to recognise the nature and scope of the work wrought by the modern industrial forces which are the central ...
— The Evolution of Modern Capitalism - A Study of Machine Production • John Atkinson Hobson


Words linked to "Localism" :   partisanship, provincialism, non-standard speech, partiality, sectionalism


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