Noun: provincialism pru'vin-shu,li-zum
- A lack of sophistication
"Her provincialism was evident in her shock at big city customs"
- A partiality for some particular region or section of a nation, often at the expense of the whole
"provincialism between the North and South contributed to tensions leading up to the Civil War";
- sectionalism, localism
Derived forms: provincialisms
Type of: narrow-mindedness, narrowness, partiality, partisanship
Encyclopedia: Provincialism