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deprovincialize

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pro⋅vin⋅cial⋅ize

[pruh-vin-shuh-lahyz]
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to make provincial in character.
Also, especially British, pro⋅vin⋅cial⋅ise.


Origin:
1795–1805; provincial + -ize


pro⋅vin⋅cial⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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