About The Word Localism

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Localism

Localism Meaning & Definition
Localism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Localism?

[n] a partiality for some particular place
[n] a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality

Synonyms | Synonyms for Localism: provincialism | sectionalism

Related Terms | Find terms related to Localism: Acadian | Anglo-Indian | autarky | barbarism | bimetallism | Brooklynese | bundle of isoglosses | Cajun | Canadian French | class dialect | Cockney | colloquialism | corruption | dialect | dialect atlas | dialect dictionary | economic self-sufficiency | free enterprise | free trade | French Canadian | governmentalism | Gullah | idiom | impropriety | isogloss | laissez-faire | laissez-faireism | line | linguistic atlas | linguistic community | linguistic island | local dialect | managed currency | Midland | Midland dialect | New England dialect | noninterference | nonintervention | nullification | party line | party principle | patois | Pennsylvania Dutch | planned economy | policy | polity | position | price supports | protection | protectionism | provincialism | public policy | pump-priming | regional accent | regionalism | sectionalism | slang | speech community | subdialect | taboo word | vulgarism | Yankee | Yorkshire

See Also | non-standard speech | partiality | partisanship

Localism In Webster's Dictionary

\Lo"cal*ism\, n. 1. The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place. 2. A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.

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