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.