'Localism' definitions:
Definition of 'localism'
(from WordNet)
noun
A phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality
noun
A partiality for some particular place [syn: sectionalism, provincialism, localism]
Definition of 'Localism'
From: GCIDE
- Localism \Lo"cal*ism\, n.
- 1. The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'localism'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Acadian,
- Anglo-Indian,
- autarky,
- barbarism,
- bimetallism,
- Brooklynese,
- bundle of isoglosses,
- Cajun,
- Canadian French,
- class dialect,
- Cockney,
- colloquialism,
- corruption,
- dialect,
- dialect atlas,
- dialect dictionary,
- economic self-sufficiency,
- free enterprise,
- free trade,
- French Canadian,
- governmentalism,
- Gullah,
- idiom,
- impropriety,
- isogloss,
- laissez-faire,
- laissez-faireism,
- line,
- linguistic atlas,
- linguistic community,
- linguistic island,
- local dialect,
- managed currency,
- Midland,
- Midland dialect,
- New England dialect,
- noninterference,
- nonintervention,
- nullification,
- party line,
- party principle,
- patois,
- Pennsylvania Dutch,
- planned economy,
- policy,
- polity,
- position,
- price supports,
- protection,
- protectionism,
- provincialism,
- public policy,
- pump-priming,
- regional accent,
- regionalism,
- sectionalism,
- slang,
- speech community,
- subdialect,
- taboo word,
- vulgarism,
- Yankee,
- Yorkshire
Words containing 'Localism'
- Local,
- Locale,
- Locality,
- Localization,
- Localize,
- Localized,
- Localizing,
- Locally,
- Cerebral localization,
- Chose local,
- Local actions,
- Local affection,
- Local attraction,
- Local battery,
- Local circuit,
- Local color,
- Local option,
- local anaesthesia,
- local anaesthetic,
- local anesthesia,
- local anesthetic,
- local authority,
- local call,
- local department,
- local government,
- local oscillator,
- local road,
- local street,
- local time,
- localization of function,
- localization principle,
- department of local government,
- local area network,
- local post office,
- wireless local area network