PROVINCIALISM
\pɹəvˈɪnʃə͡lˌɪzəm], \pɹəvˈɪnʃəlˌɪzəm], \p_ɹ_ə_v_ˈɪ_n_ʃ_əl_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
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A word, or a manner of speaking, peculiar to a province or a district remote from the mother country or from the metropolis; a provincial characteristic; hence, narrowness; illiberality.
By Oddity Software
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A word, expression, mannerism, or way of thinking, peculiar to an outlying district; devotion to the ideas and customs of one region; hence, narrowness.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Snake's-head
- Guinea-hen flower; -- so called in England because its spotted petals resemble the scales of a snake's head.