regionalism

English

Etymology

regional + -ism

Noun

regionalism (countable and uncountable, plural regionalisms)

  1. Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
  2. (politics) The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.
  3. (countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.

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Romanian

Etymology

From French régionalisme.

Noun

regionalism n (plural regionalisme)

  1. regionalism

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