regionalism

== English == === Etymology === From regional + -ism. === Pronunciation === === Noun === regionalism (countable and uncountable, plural regionalisms) Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it. (politics) The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments. (countable, linguistics) A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region. Regional character, local color. ==== Synonyms ==== (linguistics): provincialism (political): federalism, provincialism, statism ==== Hyponyms ==== (linguistics; English regionalism): Americanism, Australianism, Briticism, Britishism, Canadianism ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== regionalist regionism ==== Translations ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French régionalisme. By surface analysis, regional +‎ -ism. === Noun === regionalism n (plural regionalisme) regionalism ==== Declension ====