regionalism

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Recent Examples of regionalism Many Libyans argue that regionalism is exaggerated, and a recent survey from the University of Benghazi found that a majority of Libyans support a unified state. Lindsay Benstead, Foreign Affairs, 6 Aug. 2013 Mass media and corporate marketing spelled an end to regionalism, creating an artificial culture that can be mass-produced and mass-marketed. Joel Selvin, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Nov. 2023 Football, for all its unabashed ties to virulent tribalism or staunch regionalism, makes those inherent differences fairly difficult to mend. Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2023 The installation, which will be on display until September 2024, is structured by themes including origins, innovation, sounds of hip-hop, fashion, entrepreneurialism, media, community and regionalism. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for regionalism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regionalism
Noun
  • The vast sums of capital that flow through the former provide the financial basis for the localism of the latter, helping to preserve the image of a land unspoiled by the vampiric thirst of capitalism and the homogenizing cultural pressures of globalization.
    Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
  • And the settlement, reached on Sept. 20, does not outline new strategies for responding to incidents of harassment, bullying or localism.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Such provincialism results in little or no coordination between ministries and undermines the capacity for broad strategic planning and implementation -- both of which are necessary to solve the country’s infrastructure and services deficits.
    Raad Alkadiri, Foreign Affairs, 3 Mar. 2011
  • These developments are good news for the overall stability of the western Balkans, a region still mired in sectarianism and provincialism.
    Jasmin Mujanovic, Foreign Affairs, 6 Sep. 2017
Noun
  • Knowing the correct four-word idioms is a sign of education.
    Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Glover’s score — for rock band, piano and acoustic strings — evokes pop idioms while politely sidestepping direct quotation.
    Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Every language has its dialects, and each dialect can have its unique spin on colloquialisms.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 24 Jan. 2025
  • There is even a colloquialism for those who curry favor among the moneyed on the island of Palm Beach.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the 53 years since the Baker Act took effect, the statute authored by late lawmaker Maxine Baker has entered the Florida vernacular as a verb.
    Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • In the past decade, underground electronic and experimental scenes in Seoul, Manila, Tokyo, Ho Chi Minh, Shanghai, Taipei, Bangkok—the list goes on—began developing their own vernacular and forming a network within Asia.
    James Gui, Pitchfork, 5 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • What could be more revealing, fragile, and intimate — in any dialect — than the loneliness that pushes someone’s attempt to make a friend?
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 Feb. 2025
  • Even today, traces of French can be found in the local dialect; the Palermitan aristocracy once spoke fluent French and frequently sent their chefs to Paris to master the art of haute cuisine.
    Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Eventually, my family became adept at speaking a pidgin of English, Korean, and Japanese.
    Victoria Song, The Verge, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Teni’s music is often optimistic, if not in its lively production, then in her lyrics about the trials and triumphs of love and life, sung in Nigerian pidgin, Yoruba, and its Ondo dialect.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 21 Nov. 2023
Noun
  • In business parlance, intent could be reflected through transparently communicating the policies, systems and controls implemented for data privacy and ethics, and also by communicating any gaps and how they will be addressed.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The financial brokers who handle such trades have demanded that exporters hand over more cash toward settling up their losses — a margin call, in financial parlance.
    Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025

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“Regionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regionalism. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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