Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Political division of an area into partially autonomous regions.
- noun Advocacy of such a political system.
- noun Loyalty to the interests of a particular region.
- noun A feature, such as an expression, a pronunciation, or a custom, that is characteristic of a geographic area.
- noun The use of regional characteristics, as of locale, custom, or speech, in literature or art.
- noun A policy whereby the interests of a nation in world affairs are defined in terms of particular countries or regions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Localism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Affection, often excessive, to one's own
region and to everything related to it. - noun Political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative
autonomy to regions. - noun countable, linguistics A
word orphrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas
- noun loyalty to the interests of a particular region
- noun a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region
Etymologies
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Examples
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"We use the term regionalism and we need to spell out the powers, duties and functions of regional authorities after which the academics can argue whether the system is a federation or not.
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In positive term regionalism embodies quest for self-identity and self-fulfilment on the part of the people of an area.
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Jackson, a history professor at the University of Wales at Swansea, has written about the Popular Front years and knows, for instance, that the interest in regionalism and folklore, and the campaigns — so dear to Vichy ideologues — to carry culture to the masses, date back to the 1920s and 1930s, if not long before that.
France's Downfall 2001
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Jackson, a history professor at the University of Wales at Swansea, has written about the Popular Front years and knows, for instance, that the interest in regionalism and folklore, and the campaigns — so dear to Vichy ideologues — to carry culture to the masses, date back to the 1920s and 1930s, if not long before that.
France's Downfall 2001
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On this continent, outside of Quebec, this disease of narrow nationalism or regionalism is more or less a new thing.
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U.S. policymakers happily supported "regionalism" -- African armies 'taking care of Africa's problems.
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You've got your State Highway Patrol, and you've got now this new form of regionalism, which is a highly questionable thing, incidentally, in my opinion, because it bypasses local government.
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"If anything, the history of the SECA award refutes the notion of regionalism," Ms. Gass said.
NYT > Home Page By REYHAN HARMANCI 2011
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I'm pretty committed to the idea of regionalism in music.
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They got asked about public transportation and regionalism, which is one of my personal favs but not so much a downtown topic.
Richmond.com - Main 2008
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