provincialize

[ pruh-vin-shuh-lahyz ]

verb (used with object),pro·vin·cial·ized, pro·vin·cial·iz·ing.
  1. to make provincial in character.

Origin of provincialize

1
First 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.

Words Nearby provincialize

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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.

    Medical Essays | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.