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LOCALISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does localism mean?
• LOCALISM (noun)
The noun LOCALISM has 2 senses:
1. a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
2. a partiality for some particular place
Familiarity information: LOCALISM used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("localism" is a kind of...):
non-standard speech (speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A partiality for some particular place
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
localism; provincialism; sectionalism
Hypernyms ("localism" is a kind of...):
partiality; partisanship (an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives)
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