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noun
Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, politics
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noun
A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Regional character, local color.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
loyalty to the interests of a particular region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: loyalty, trueness
noun
a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: foreign policy
noun
a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: non-standard speech
History
Etymology tree English regional 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 regionalism From regional + -ism.
Across languages
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
