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localism

[ loh-kuh-liz-uhm ]

noun

  1. a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
  2. a local custom.
  3. excessive devotion to and promotion of the interests of a particular locality; sectionalism.
  4. attachment to a particular locality.


localism

/ ˈəʊəˌɪə /

noun

  1. a pronunciation, phrase, etc, peculiar to a particular locality
  2. another word for provincialism
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Derived Forms

  • ˌdzˈپ, adjective
  • ˈdz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • c· noun
  • c·t adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of localism1

First recorded in 1815–25; local + -ism
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Surfers can be notoriously territorial, and while I didn’t encounter any hostile localism at Westport, surfing’s growing popularity in Western Washington, combined with limited jetty parking, may occasionally raise tensions.

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As you read the list keep in mind that localism of ownership is critical and that newspapers should never again become controlled by absent investors who do not care about our communities.

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Childhood memories, marketing and a fashion for localism came together to make milk tea a totem of Hong Kong culture.

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“Progress today is called localism. It’s called defending borders. It’s called protectionism,” he told the AP in 2019, ahead of European elections, rejecting what he called “massive immigration.”

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Leung was a leader of Hong Kong Indigenous, a now defunct political group that organised anti-China protests and advocated “localism”, promoting a local Hong Kong identity instead of a Chinese one.

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