English noun: localism | |||
| 1. | localism (communication) a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | non-standard speech | ||
| 2. | localism (cognition) a partiality for some particular place | ||
| Synonyms | provincialism, sectionalism | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | partiality, partisanship | ||