Hypertext Webster Gateway: "localism"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Localism \Lo"cal*ism\, n.
1. The state or quality of being local; affection for a
particular place.
2. A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain
district; a local idiom or phrase.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
localism
n 1: a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular
locality
2: a partiality for some particular place [syn: {sectionalism},
{provincialism}]
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