Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
regionalism - noun An advocate of regionalism
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Examples
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Here’s one I expect to use myself someday: “A regionalist is one who picked out a region (such as the abdomen fundament or elbow [)] and has a pain [in] it.”
frostiness; veterans : Stephen Burt : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation 2007
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The Whitney's middle floor is devoted to a touring show of the works of Charles Burchfield, the illustrator, wallpaper designer and "regionalist" painter who hit his stride in the 1920s.
At Whitney Museum of American Art, a consistency in excellence 2010
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The Treaty was almost unanimously rejected striking a blow to US hegemonic aspirations and raising the political stock of Chavez 'regionalist' Bolivarian agenda '.
Venezuela Analysis James Petras - The People&039;s Voice 2010
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And both of them, looking to win the second-highest and highest offices in their respective countries, have a history of, shall we say, "regionalist" sympathies.
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And both of them, looking to win the second-highest and highest offices in their respective countries, have a history of, shall we say, "regionalist" sympathies.
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We're leading the way in this kind of regionalist way of looking at things and really pooling our resources to offer the best quality services for our community, "
NPR Topics: News 2010
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I grew up in Maine and used to vow that I would not set my stories there because I didnt want to be pegged as a Maine writer; for whatever reason, I was afraid of being thought of as a regionalist.
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The announcement of the confidence vote was greeted by howls from lawmakers with the Northern League, a regionalist party that fiercely opposes proposals for pension overhauls contained in the government's package.
Italy Growth Forecast Cut As Confidence Vote Looms Christopher Emsden 2011
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That unity looks more precarious than ever today, when the country's governing coalition has as its linchpin a regionalist northern party that boycotted the 150th-anniversary celebrations earlier this year.
In Search of Happily Ever After Francis X. Rocca 2011
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Day of unity Yesterday's rather half-hearted celebration of a century and a half of Italian unity—a national holiday observed over the misgivings of the regionalist Northern League party and the outright abstention of the German-speaking region of South Tyrol—has left an appropriately downbeat memorial in the new Museum of the Roman Republic.
A Nation of Racing Drivers Speeds Ahead Francis X. Rocca 2011
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