Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A local linguistic feature.
- noun A local custom or peculiarity.
- noun Devotion to local interests and customs.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state or condition of being local or localized; limitation to a place or to a locality; also, the influence exerted by a locality.
- noun Attachment to a locality, or a peculiar limited phase of thought or feeling growing out of such attachment; provincialism; in general, any product of local influences: as, the localism of one's views or affections.
- noun A mode of speaking or acting peculiar to a place; a local idiom, phrase, or custom.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.
- noun A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable, linguistics a
linguistic feature that isunique to alocality - noun uncountable Attachment to a particular
local place; feelings or policies which emphasizelocal phenomena
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a partiality for some particular place
- noun a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
Etymologies
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Examples
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Survival-inspired interest in localism has resonated with me especially since reading the fiction piece "Diary of an Interesting Year" by Helen Simpson, in the New Yorker's December 2009 issue, wherein a post-apocalyptic England sees a large number of deaths of -- chaos and anarchy aside -- women who weren't informed enough to carry out a home birth.
Alexandra Marvar: Artists Barter for Health Care at the First O+ Festival Alexandra Marvar 2010
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The government's approach in practice, however, has thus far been marked by inconsistency and incoherence, not helped by a definition of localism that is extremely elastic," the report, from the Commons communities and local government select committee, says."
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The government's approach in practice, however, has thus far been marked by inconsistency and incoherence, not helped by a definition of localism that is extremely elastic," the report, from the Commons communities and local government select committee, says."
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Survival-inspired interest in localism has resonated with me especially since reading the fiction piece "Diary of an Interesting Year" by Helen Simpson, in the New Yorker's December 2009 issue, wherein a post-apocalyptic England sees a large number of deaths of -- chaos and anarchy aside -- women who weren't informed enough to carry out a home birth.
Alexandra Marvar: Artists Barter for Health Care at the First O+ Festival Alexandra Marvar 2010
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Peter Hetherington on whether Eric Pickles 'commitment to localism is matched by his cabinet colleagues.
Society daily 02.11.10 Patrick Butler 2010
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I mean localism is a powerful message but then why impose pet policies on councils?
Hold fast ! Newmania 2007
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The essence of localism is experiment: different communities will do things in different ways.
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So localism is likely to lead to unequal provision.
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It was a pity the NP had not had the courage of its convictions to call "localism" - a core element of its new policy unveiled on
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First, this is a government committed to local decision-making - "localism" - but it doesn't stop Eric Pickles and his ministerial team from making menacing interventions, warning councils not to do this or that.
The Guardian World News Michael White 2011
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