provinciality
Americannoun
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provincial character.
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provincial characteristic.
Her provincialities reflect a refreshing naturalness.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of provinciality
First recorded in 1775–85; provincial + -ity
Example Sentences
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Numbing provinciality was the lot of artists in America 200 years ago.
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
Most great art is rooted in provinciality, and Mir�'s was no exception.
From Time Magazine Archive
"The real America seemed to me 'out there,' too heterogeneous and electrified by now to pose much threat of the provinciality that people used to come to New York to escape," Updike later wrote.
From Time Magazine Archive
He discovered that he hated everything in Denmark, the scenery, the climate, the prudery and provinciality of the inhabitants, the lack of Parisian Bohemianism—everything except the cookery of his mother-in-law!
From Paul Gauguin, His Life and Art by Fletcher, John Gould
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