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countable and uncountable, plural regionalisms
Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it. examples
(politics) The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments. examples
(countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region. examples
Regional character, local color. quotations examples
Director Deitch has filled the sountrack with country music classics […] and this adds to the regionalism of the film as well as to the feeling which buoys the movie up from simplistic formula to romantic reverie.
1986 April 19, Michael Bronski, “Two Views on Desert Hearts: Sexy? or simply Slow?”, in Gay Community News, page 9