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ме́стничество — meaning in English

mestnichestvo

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English meaning

  • regionalism noun Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.

Senses

ме́стничество is used for these senses in English:

  • mestnichestvo (historical) A feudal hierarchical system in Russia from the 15th to 17th centuries.
  • regionalism Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.

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.

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