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UK
/lˈəʊkəlˌɪzəm/
]
NOUN
- a partiality for some particular place
- a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
How To Use localism In A Sentence
- The local labour market is influenced by localism because it fosters local preference in employment practices and denies jobs to ‘outsiders’ during periods of unemployment.
- The French word portage, for example, was already in common use before the end of the seventeenth century, and soon after came chowder, cache, caribou, voyageur, and various words that, like the last-named, have since become localisms or disappeared altogether. Chapter 2. The Beginnings of American. 2. Sources of Early Americanisms
- Uneven development provided a fertile ground for burgeoning localism and regionalism, leading the bureaucratic elites to defend vehemently their narrow regional interests.
- Keep the spirit alive people, and localism too.
- These religions were capable of transcending the intense, parochial localism of ancient and classical times, and creating wide communities that bridged many languages and cultures.
- What it does mean, however, is that Italy's long history of familial and corporate identity and of communal and regional localism prevailed.
- Identity politics, particularism, and localism against the uniformity of abstract universalism are common features of the postmodern condition.
- In spite of her fervent devotion to the virtues of participatory democracy, localism and the educational imperative, the works only partially exhibited these principles.
- What's the point of the Government advocating localism when the district council is run by people who know nothing about Witham?
- Regionalism attracts because we perceive that the admittedly global economy mocks any preoccupation with localism and local loyalties and causes.