Definition of Regionalism

1. Noun. A feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region.

Generic synonyms: Non-standard Speech
Examples of language type: Afeard, Afeared, Right Smart

2. Noun. A foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas.
Generic synonyms: Foreign Policy

3. Noun. Loyalty to the interests of a particular region.
Generic synonyms: Loyalty, Trueness

Definition of Regionalism

1. Noun. Affection, often excessive, to one's own region and to everything related to it. ¹

2. Noun. Political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative autonomy to regions. ¹

3. Noun. (countable linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Regionalism

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Regionalism

regional hypothermia
regional ileitis
regional insourcing
regional involvement
regional jet
regional lockout
regional lockouts
regional lymphadenitis
regional medical programs
regional metamorphism
regionalisation
regionalise
regionalised
regionalises
regionalising
regionalism (current term)
regionalisms
regionalist
regionalistic
regionalists
regionalities
regionality
regionalization
regionalizations
regionalize
regionalized
regionalizes
regionalizing
regionally
regionalness

Literary usage of Regionalism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Regional Futures and Transatlantic Economic Relations by Miles Kahler (1995)
"regionalism IN THE 1990s The new regionalism of the 1990s bears little resemblance ... regionalism is based on economic realities: political regionalism has ..."

2. Back from Utopia: The Challenge of the Modern Movement by Hubert-Jan Henket, Hilde Heynen (2002)
"regionalism was not pursued by modernism. It was never seen as ,m aim in its own right. regionalism uvis only accepted as an ..."

3. Social Purpose: A Contribution to a Philosophy of Civic Society by Hector James Wright Hetherington, John Henry Muirhead (1918)
"NOTE ON regionalism AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT. It seems desirable, without attempting any exhaustive discussion, to call attention to a movement which is ..."

4. Federalism: The Canadian Experience by Ronald Lampman Watts (1997)
"This diversity is illustrated by the strength of regionalism in the different ... 4.1.2 regionalism Differences in regional attitudes and interests affect ..."

5. The Ftaa: Some Longer Term Issues by Robert Devlin, Antoni Estevadeordal, Luis Jorge Garay Salamanca (1999)
"It will illustrate how the new regionalism has made its mark in the way trade relations are conducted in the region. If one had to select a single benchmark ..."

6. Social Theory by George Douglas Howard Cole (1920)
"CHAPTER X regionalism AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN our treatment of the State in earlier chapters, we explicitly reserved for later consideration the question of ..."

7. Documents and Narratives Concerning the Discovery and Conquest of Latin America by Cortes Society (1921)
"... different in a number of respects, and in this we see a strong survival of the old pre-Chimu regionalism which was once general throughout the coast. ..."

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