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provincialize

[ pruh-vin-shuh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, pro·vin·cial·ized, pro·vin·cial·iz·ing.
  1. to make provincial in character.


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Other Words From

  • pro·vincial·i·zation noun
  • depro·vincial·i·zation noun
  • depro·vincial·ize verb (used with object) deprovincialized deprovincializing
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Word History and Origins

Origin of provincialize1

First recorded in 1795–1805; provincial + -ize
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Example Sentences

To consider them apart from this, would be to localize a planetary phenomenon, and to provincialize a law of the universe.

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