localism

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊkəlɪz(ə)m/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊkl̩ɪz(ə)m/
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• General-American: /ˈloʊkəˌlɪzəm/
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Etymology tree English local Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English localism From local (adjective) + -ism (suffix forming names of tendencies of action, behaviour, condition, opinion, or state belonging to classes or groups of persons), originally modelled after French localisme. Sense 3.2 (“approach to understanding linguistic expressions in terms of movement and position”) was coined by the British linguist John Lyons (1932–2020) in his book Semantics (1977).

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: llocalismu — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• Chinese Mandarin: 地方主義 /地方主义 (dìfāng zhǔyì) — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• Finnish: paikallismielisyys — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• Finnish: lokalismi — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• French: localisme — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• German: Lokalpatriotismus — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• Greek: τοπικισμός (topikismós) — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• Irish: logántacht — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• Italian: localismo — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• Macedonian: локализам (lokalizam) — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• Romanian: localism — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• Spanish: localismo — attachment to or preference for a particular local place, especially the place where one lives; feelings, opinions, or policies which emphasize or focus on local phenomena; an instance of this
• Arabic: إِقْلِيمِيَّة (ʔiqlīmiyya) — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Asturian: llocalismu — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Catalan: localisme — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Dutch: localisme — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Finnish: lokalismi — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• French: localisme — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Georgian: ლოკალიზმი (loḳalizmi) — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Greek: τοπικισμός (topikismós) — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Indonesian: lokalisme — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Italian: localismo — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Italian: localizzazione — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Korean: 지방제도 (jibangjedo) — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Korean: 지방자치제도 (jibangjachijedo) — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Malay: lokalisme — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Norwegian Bokmål: lokalisme — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Persian: محلیگرایی — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Portuguese: localismo — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Russian: локализм (lokalizm) — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Spanish: localismo — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Swedish: lokalism — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Turkish: lokalizm — policy or practice of giving more control and decision-making power to local authorities or residents, rather than to the central government; support for this
• Finnish: paikallisuus — thing which is characteristic to a particular local place
• Asturian: llocalismu — linguistic feature such as a word or phrase that is unique to a locality
• Catalan: localisme — linguistic feature such as a word or phrase that is unique to a locality
• Finnish: paikallisuus — linguistic feature such as a word or phrase that is unique to a locality
• Greek: τοπικισμός (topikismós) — linguistic feature such as a word or phrase that is unique to a locality
• Italian: localismo — linguistic feature such as a word or phrase that is unique to a locality
• Norwegian Bokmål: lokalisme — linguistic feature such as a word or phrase that is unique to a locality
• Polish: lokalizm — linguistic feature such as a word or phrase that is unique to a locality
• Finnish: lokalismi — approach to understanding linguistic expressions in terms of movement and position
• Finnish: lokalismi — belief that language functions are localized to various parts of the brain
• Finnish: lokalismi — belief that fevers or diseases causing them originate from particular organs or parts of the body, or are due to conditions in a particular local place where patients live