provincialism

How To Use provincialism In A Sentence

• His provincialism is the measure of his fear of bogies or the defect of his imagination. Trans-national America
• In its histories, the note of provincialism still lingers, -- inevitably, and not blamably. The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement
• There are handsome buildings in Denver -- blocks that would do credit to any city under the sun; but there was for years an upstart air, a palpable provincialism, a kind of ill-disguised "previousness," noticeable that made her seem like the brisk suburb of some other place, and that other place, alas! invisible to mortal eye. Over the Rocky Mountains to Alaska
• The absence of any European and North American genera of stricklandioids is a strong indication of pentameride provincialism in South China.
• Without love of community, whether defined as provincialism or community spirit, who would serve as a cop, social worker, soup kitchen employee, teacher, advisor, counsellor? The Volokh Conspiracy » Against Nationalism
• Although the Kentucky native is now a devoted Texan, Mills shuns provincialism in his work.
• To her they figure as an escape from the provincialism of Bursley, but they are also a form of exile to which she consigns herself for having allowed her invalid father to die on her watch.
• Every glimpse provided North American audiences into the lives, problems and thinking of peoples around the world, including their artistic circles, is a blow against provincialism and narrowness.
• But given the partisanship and intense provincialism of the Czech Republic, any president who bucks the system and is as cosmopolitan as Havel would face difficulties.
• An eschatological vision of the world may offer an alternative way out of the impasse of provincialism and confessionalism.