regionalism
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- noun
- /ˈriːdʒənəlɪzəm/
:
regionalismo
- In the small town, the local dialect is filled with unique regionalisms that reflect its history.
Examples
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Understanding the various regionalisms in American English can help improve communication between different regions.
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Both are integration schemes between contiguous countries at similar levels of development; that is, examples of old regionalism.
Academic text (1998) -
On regionalism and the history of the Conservative Party:
Blog text (11) -
Moreover, in some places, regionalism has already become a tradition.
Academic text (2000) -
In fact, it might benefit from stepping back and learning to live with some exclusively Asian regionalism.
Academic text (2008) -
"MEMS is a regionalism," said Roger Grace, a San Francisco-based marketing consultant who specializes in helping manufacturers commercialize MST. "In Japan
Academic text (1997) -
Within the current tongue, there are all the regionalisms and dialects, funny ethnic mixes, slang, and the argot of the gangs.
Fiction book (1994) -
Kooser's simplicity, expressed most recently in Delights and Shadows (Copper Canyon), is tied to his Midwestern regionalism, yet like Frost's, it extends through the particular to the universal.
Academic text (2006) -
Led by its city, São Paulo just before 1930 looked at the rest of Brazil with a new assertiveness and increasingly distinctive identity—something that Brazil suspected as a peculiar form of regionalism.
Academic text (1992) -
The professor explained how certain regionalisms can enrich our understanding of local culture and identity.
Synonyms
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A word or way of speaking used mainly in one region
A word or way of speaking from the southern United States
A word or expression used by a specific group of people
How Regional
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Regionalism comes from region 'area' and the ending -ism 'belief or practice'. So regionalism can also mean a local word, pronunciation, or custom that belongs to a particular area, like calling a soft drink 'pop' in some places.