Associations to the word «Regionalism»

Wiktionary

REGIONALISM, noun. Affection, often excessive, to one's own region and to everything related to it.
REGIONALISM, noun. Political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative autonomy to regions.
REGIONALISM, noun. (countable) (linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.

Dictionary definition

REGIONALISM, noun. A feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region.
REGIONALISM, noun. A foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas.
REGIONALISM, noun. Loyalty to the interests of a particular region.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King