provinciality
noun
pro·vin·ci·al·i·ty
prə-ˌvin(t)-shē-ˈa-lə-tē 
plural provincialities
2
: an act or instance of provincialism
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By supporting young Russian artists, he and, later, his brother, sought to pry Russian taste from provinciality and aristocratic conservatism.
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Brian T. Allen, National Review, 24 Feb. 2022
In Japan, the Tōhoku regional accent is stereotypically associated with laziness and provinciality; in Brazil, Northeastern accents are considered socially inferior.
—Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, 18 Feb. 2020
My Camp Ramah might as well have been your Newark, fifty years later and in Southern California, for all its Jewish insularity and provinciality.
—Elisa Albert, Longreads, 24 May 2018
But overemphasizing that provinciality ignores the expanding world of print that America’s learned few—and those who absorbed their ideas—knew well.
—Mark G. Spencer, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2018
And so that was a test of our provinciality (laughs).
—John McMurtrie, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
Before the early-modern period, when adventuring sailboats accelerated the mixing of peoples and their bugs, human provinciality was a guard against pandemic.
—David Wallace-Wells, Daily Intelligencer, 9 July 2017
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Brian T. Allen, National Review, 24 Feb. 2022
In Japan, the Tōhoku regional accent is stereotypically associated with laziness and provinciality; in Brazil, Northeastern accents are considered socially inferior.
—Sarah Todd, Quartz at Work, 18 Feb. 2020
My Camp Ramah might as well have been your Newark, fifty years later and in Southern California, for all its Jewish insularity and provinciality.
—Elisa Albert, Longreads, 24 May 2018
But overemphasizing that provinciality ignores the expanding world of print that America’s learned few—and those who absorbed their ideas—knew well.
—Mark G. Spencer, WSJ, 18 Apr. 2018
And so that was a test of our provinciality (laughs).
—John McMurtrie, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Mar. 2018
Before the early-modern period, when adventuring sailboats accelerated the mixing of peoples and their bugs, human provinciality was a guard against pandemic.
—David Wallace-Wells, Daily Intelligencer, 9 July 2017
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“Provinciality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/provinciality. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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