Saturday, February 27, 2021

Define Provincial

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pro·vin·cial
/prəˈvin(t)SH(ə)l/
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adjective
  1. 1.
    of or concerning a province of a country or empire.
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    nonmetropolitan
    small-town
    nonurban
    outlying
    rural
    country
    rustic
    backwoods
    backwater
    one-horse
    hick
    freshwater
    Opposite:
    national
    metropolitan
    cosmopolitan
  2. 2.
    of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.
    "the whole exhibition struck one as being very provincial"
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    regional
    state
    territorial
    district
    local
    sectoral
    zonal
    cantonal
    county
    parochial
    colonial
    unsophisticated
    narrow-minded
    small-town
    suburban
    insular
    parish-pump
    inward-looking
    limited
    restricted
    localist
    conservative
    narrow
    small-minded
    petty
    blinkered
    illiberal
    inflexible
    bigoted
    prejudiced
    intolerant
    jerkwater
    corn-fed
    Opposite:
    national
    sophisticated
    broad-minded
noun
  1. 1.
    an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
  2. 2.
    an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.
    "a town populated by money-grubbers, philistines, and self-satisfied provincials"
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