provincialize

[pruh-vin-shuh-lahyz]

verb (used with object), pro·vin·cial·ized, pro·vin·cial·iz·ing.

to make provincial in character.

Also especially British, pro·vin·cial·ise.

Origin of provincialize

First recorded in 1795–1805; provincial + -ize

Related formspro·vin·cial·i·za·tion, nounde·pro·vin·cial·i·za·tion, nounde·pro·vin·cial·ize, verb (used with object), de·pro·vin·cial·ized, de·pro·vin·cial·iz·ing.

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To consider them apart from this, would be to localize a planetary phenomenon, and to provincialize a law of the universe.
Medical Essays
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

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Examples from the Web for provincialize

Historical Examples

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

Origin of provincialize