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Regionalismus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • provincialism noun The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
  • regionalism noun Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.

Senses

Regionalismus is used for these senses in English:

  • provincialism (linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.

provincialism — full definition

  1. noun The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.
  2. noun A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
  3. noun 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.

regionalism — full definition

  1. noun Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
  2. noun The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.
  3. noun A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
  4. noun Regional character, local color.

Related German words