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Regionalism Common

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Regionalism has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region

2

a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas

3

loyalty to the interests of a particular region

4

Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
non-standard speech foreign policy loyalty
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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