Definizione monolingua

provincialism

provincialism (plural provincialisms)

1. The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.

   The blacksmiths provincialism showed in his speech and manner

2. (linguistics) A word or locution characteristic of a region or district.
   • 1875, Andrew Dousa Hepburn, Manual of English Rhetoric, New York: American Book Company, p 79:

     Prose is allowed less liberty in this respect; but no one nowadays would maintain that the adoption of a provincialism into the literary dialect is absolutely prohibited.

Definizione dizionario provincialism

	provincialismo
	To be provincial

Altri significati:

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

The quality of being provincial; having provincial tastes, mentality, manners.

A word or phrase that is mainly used only in a specific region.