provincialize

[ pruh-vin-shuh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object)

, pro·vin·cial·ized, pro·vin·cial·iz·ing.

1. to make provincial in character.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of provincialize¹

First recorded in 1795–1805; provincial + -ize

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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