provincialize

[pruh-vin-shuh-lahyz] /prəˈvɪn ʃəˌlaɪz/

verb (used with object), provincialized, provincializing.

to make provincial in character.

Also, especially British, provincialise.

Origin of provincialize

1795-1805

1795-1805; provincial + -ize

Related forms

provincialization, noun

deprovincialization, noun

deprovincialize, verb (used with object), deprovincialized, deprovincializing.

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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.

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