provincialism
Anglais[modifier le wikicode]
Étymologie[modifier le wikicode]
- (1820) Du français provincialisme attesté au XVIIIe siècle.
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provincialism \Prononciation ?\
- Provincialisme.
- To me provincialism stood, and stands, for the sum-total of all false values; it is the estimation of people for what they have, or pretend to have, and not for what they are. Artificial classifications, rigid lines of demarkation that bear no relation whatsoever to intrinsic merit, seem to belong to its very essence, while contempt for intelligence, suspicion and fear of independent thought, appear to be necessary passports to provincial popularity. — (Vera Brittain, Testament of Youth)