provincialize
[ pruh-vin-shuh-lahyz ]
Origin of provincialize
1First recorded in 1795–1805; provincial + -ize
- Also especially British, pro·vin·cial·ise .
Other words from provincialize
- pro·vin·cial·i·za·tion, noun
- de·pro·vin·cial·i·za·tion, noun
- de·pro·vin·cial·ize, verb (used with object), de·pro·vin·cial·ized, de·pro·vin·cial·iz·ing.
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How to use provincialize in a sentence
To consider them apart from this, would be to localize a planetary phenomenon, and to provincialize a law of the universe.
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