localism

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A local linguistic feature.

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A local custom or peculiarity.

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Devotion to local interests and customs.

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The state or condition of being local or localized; limitation to a place or to a locality; also, the influence exerted by a locality.

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Attachment to a locality, or a peculiar limited phase of thought or feeling growing out of such attachment; provincialism; in general, any product of local influences: as, the localism of one’s views or affections.

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A mode of speaking or acting peculiar to a place; a local idiom, phrase, or custom.

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The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.

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A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.

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a linguistic feature that is unique to a locality