Regionalism

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Political division of an area into partially autonomous regions.
  • n. Advocacy of such a political system.
  • n. Loyalty to the interests of a particular region.
  • n. A feature, such as an expression, a pronunciation, or a custom, that is characteristic of a geographic area.
  • n. The use of regional characteristics, as of locale, custom, or speech, in literature or art.
  • n. A policy whereby the interests of a nation in world affairs are defined in terms of particular countries or regions.
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  • n. Affection, often excessive, to one's own region and to everything related to it.
  • n. Political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative autonomy to regions.
  • n. A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Localism.
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  • n. a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas
  • n. loyalty to the interests of a particular region
  • n. a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    foreign policy    loyalty    trueness    non-standard speech   
    Cross Reference
    regionary catalogues   
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