PROVINCIALISM
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PROVINCIALISM. A usually pejorative term for a lack of social and linguistic sophistication regarded as typical of provinces and provincials, and for a WORD or other usage that is not accepted in the capital or the main cultural centre(s) of a nation. See
-ISM,
STYLE.
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Zigzag zenith. (library and cultural center in Herten, Germany)
Magazine article from: The Architectural Review; 5/1/1995; ; 628 words
; This library and cultural centre translates disciplines of passive...commissioned to make a new library and cultural centre in Herten, it was faced with...east is the glazed drum of the cultural centre. A nick is articulated in Jakobstrasse...
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Make a date with the past.(tourism)
Newspaper article from: Wind Speaker; 7/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...museum and art gallery at the Woodland Cultural Centre is like going on a journey through...Monture, executive director of the cultural centre. The centre, located at 184 Mohawk...one of the features that makes the cultural centre unique, Monture explained, because...
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BRAZIL: ARABIC CALLIGRAPHY EXHIBIT OPENED IN S?O PAULO.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 6/24/2007; 497 words
; ...Thursday (21), at the Syrian-Arab Cultural Centre. But they can appreciate the beauty...100 people on Thursday night at the Cultural Centre's offices on Augusta street, in S...joint director at the Syrian-Arab Cultural Centre, who has been living in S?o Paulo...
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(Ojibway and Cree Cultural) centre celebrates 25 years.
Newspaper article from: Wind Speaker; 12/1/2000; ; 457 words
; TIMMINS, Ont. The Ojibway and Cree Cultural Centre celebrated its 25th anniversary on...old friends. The Ojibway and Cree Cultural Centre provides education material for ourselves...is proof that the Ojibway and Cree Cultural Centre is valued by the First Nation communities...
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 "Kirkintilloch Herald / The Advertiser (Kirkintilloch, Scotland)")
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New chapter opens for Stepps community.
Newspaper article from: Kirkintilloch Herald / The Advertiser (Kirkintilloch, Scotland); 11/23/2007; 449 words
; ...Cumbernauld Road, Stepps.. The school, cultural centre and library were all unveiled at an...to share our new home with the new cultural centre and we will certainly be looking at...semi-open plan classroom areas. The cultural centre and new library complex has a community...
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OMAN: MUSCAT CULTURAL CENTRE ACTIVITIES CONCLUDES.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 7/13/2008; 119 words
; According to Oman News: Muscat Cultural Centre, concluded its activities at the Cultural Club in the...Ministry of Heritage and Culture and Chairman of Muscat Cultural Centre, gave a speech saying that participants in the centre...
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OMAN: SUMMER CULTURAL CENTRE ACTIVITIES IN SOHAR.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/4/2008; 121 words
; According to Oman News: The Summer Cultural Centre activities for Al Batinah region youth, which is organized...wilayats of Al Batinah region are taking part in the Cultural Centre, which is held at Sohar School for Basic Education and...
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EGYPT: FRENCH MINISTER TO VISIT EGYPTIAN CULTURAL CENTRE IN PARIS.(Xavier Darcos)(Brief Article)
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 3/10/2005; 125 words
; ...Development and Francophone Xavier Darcos will visit the Egyptian Cultural Centre in Paris on the occasion of Alexandria hosting a forum organized...Darcos's visit, which is the first of its kind to a foreign cultural centre in France. Egypt plays an active role in La Francophonie...
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OMAN: AL BATINAH YOUTH SUMMER CULTURAL CENTRE ACTIVITIES CONCLUDES.
Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 8/10/2008; 251 words
; According to Oman News: Activities of the Summer Cultural Centre for youth in al Batinah region were concluded at...Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al Muqbali, Director of the Cultural Centre for Youth in al Batinah region, said that about...
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Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre open for business.
Newspaper article from: Windspeaker; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...present. The $9-million Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre presents the story of the Osoyoos...learning program. The Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre is just one of many projects upon...join the 18-hole golf course, the cultural centre and a motel to make a four-season...
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provincialism
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...as unsophisticated or narrow-minded. ∎ narrow-mindedness, insularity, or lack of sophistication: the myopic provincialism of women's studies. 2. concern for one's own area or region at the expense of national or supranational unity. 3. a word...
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Galaxy, The
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature
...The (1866–78), monthly literary magazine, published at New York and intended to counteract the supposed provincialism of the Atlantic Monthly. Clemens was one of its assistant editors, conducting a department of “Memoranda...
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Corrente
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art
...in 1938; Guttuso was among the other founder members. The association had no fixed programme, but it was opposed to the provincialism of the official novecento . The members stood for the defence of ‘modern’ art at a time when the Nazi campaign...
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province
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
...outside Italy under Roman rule, hence gen.; department of activity XVII. — (O)F. — L. prōvincia charge, official duty, administration or region of conquered territory; of unkn. orig. So provincial XIV. Hence provincialism XVIII.
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Goldman, Emma
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...in present‐day Lithuania, Goldman moved with her family to Prussia and in 1881 to St. Petersburg, Russia. Fleeing provincialism and anti‐Semitism , she migrated to the United States in 1885 with a half‐sister, and settled in Rochester...
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