provinciality
Americannoun
plural
provincialities-
provincial character.
-
provincial characteristic.
Her provincialities reflect a refreshing naturalness.
Etymology
Origin of provinciality
First recorded in 1775–85; provincial + -ity
Example Sentences
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This director has a real gift for rendering gloomy provinciality in subtle imagery.
From Time Magazine Archive
The reason: that magazine, with its "peculiar combination of sophistication and provinciality," provides the necessary "compact cultural group."
From Time Magazine Archive
It should scotch the myth of her provinciality forever.
From Time Magazine Archive
Numbing provinciality was the lot of artists in America 200 years ago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Whether he has that inherent grip which makes a man’s provinciality the very source of his strength . . . only the centuries can show.
From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)
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