[
UK
/ɹˈiːdʒənəlˌɪzəm/
]
NOUN
- a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region
- loyalty to the interests of a particular region
- a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas
How To Use regionalism In A Sentence
- Although tensions existed between the army and the group, the president defused them by playing the politics of tribalism and regionalism, often targeting northerners as the source of the nation's problems.
- Because of the invariable growth of the counteracting force known as Regionalism, or Nationalism, the Spiritual Power can not prevail.
- In the name of bioregionalism they would bring in an age of ultra-nationalist xenophobia.
- In contrast with England, which remains the most centralised country in Europe and beyond, regionalism is a strong movement in parts of Europe.
- This cultural regionalism had its own compensations.
- Mr. Berg developed the concept of bioregionalism and founded Planet Drum after attending the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Environment in Stockholm. SFGate: Top News Stories
- But it is useful to look at Columbus for a bit, for he is a part of the problem (as well as carrier of the problem) for which querencia - and bioregionalism itself - is the solution.
- For them, regionalism was the best solution to cope with political and religious differences.
- In a land of long distances, and of disguised but strong regionalism, the difficulty of operating as a national institution is not fully appreciated, and so the difficulty is not fully met.
- They defend the framework of the nation state and often promote some form of nationalism or regionalism.
