How do you use the word "regionalism" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "regionalism": I try to avoid this regionalism when speaking to an international audience.

Regionalism Meaning

/ˈridʒənəlˈɪzəm/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAffection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.

nounThe belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.

Sentence Examples

I try to avoid this regionalism when speaking to an international audience.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The politician's strong ____ led him to support local farmers over national firms.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

Strong ____ in the country led to demands for greater autonomy from the central government.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree English regional Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English regionalism From regional + -ism.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"Whereas organizations such as the WIFA and CU confirmed regional West Indian identifications and represented the connections between transnational West Indian organizations and black diaspora politics, the JPL, as a transnational Jamaican organization, demonstrates that the regionalism that took root among many West Indian expatriates in these years did not negate all expatriates' islandist perspectives and allegiances." — 2018, Eric D. Duke, Building a Nation: Caribbean Federation in the Black Diaspora:

"... the formal normative variety of the language as it is used today in formal writing by educated native speakers. As a result, we have eschewed dialectisms and regionalisms. The English variety employed in the book is formal British English, ..." — 2013, Ronak Husni, Daniel L. Newman, A to Z of Arabic - English - Arabic Translation, Saqi, →ISBN:

"Director Deitch has filled the sountrack with country music classics […] and this adds to the regionalism of the film as well as to the feeling which buoys the movie up from simplistic formula to romantic reverie." — 1986 April 19, Michael Bronski, “Two Views on Desert Hearts: Sexy? or simply Slow?”, in Gay Community News, page 9:

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