provincial
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7.3
- adjective
- /prəˈvɪnʃəl/
- Offensive
:
pueblerino
- Warm and courteous, Carolinians were at the same time insular; provincial in the extreme.
- provincial and narrow
- a provincial town
- a provincial society
I perhaps I complain about Turkey's being provincial, but I also, I confess, like being in provincial.
- I perhaps I complain about Turkey's being provincial, but I also, I confess, like being in provincial.
Examples
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The truth is it puts on an act of sophistication, but at heart it's strictly provincial.
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The town had changed somewhat in his absence, but it was still provincial and fundamentally the same.
Fiction book (1997) -
It's so provincial, yet exciting.
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It's out there in the small villages, in the small provincial towns and cities.
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The southwest must have appeared provincial from her New York City perspective.
Academic text (1995) -
You were born for something higher, more civilised than this provincial life.
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Founded in 1918, the Cleveland Orchestra was a solid but undistinguished provincial band.
Academic text (2011) -
Devoutly religious, they made up the most cloistered and provincial community I've known.
Academic text (2000) -
Fundamentalists of every stripe are like the provincial inhabitants of small villages in out-of-the-way places.
Academic text (2001) -
His views on modern art seemed very provincial, lacking any appreciation for urban trends.
Synonyms
12
8.1
A narrow view that cares only about local matters
Antonyms
Compounds
How Sophisticated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Provincial originally meant 'from the province', and city people often thought provinces were small and not very stylish, so the word came to mean 'narrow' or 'not sophisticated'.