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Recent Examples of localism
In his new role, Vembu will focus fully on R&D initiatives, as well as his personal mission of rural development, which fits neatly into the company’s transnational localism strategy (more on that later).
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Melody Brue, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The next trope, of course, is the whole localism thing.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
The vast sums of capital that flow through the former provide the financial basis for the localism of the latter, helping to preserve the image of a land unspoiled by the vampiric thirst of capitalism and the homogenizing cultural pressures of globalization.
—Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
And the settlement, reached on Sept. 20, does not outline new strategies for responding to incidents of harassment, bullying or localism.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Melody Brue, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
The next trope, of course, is the whole localism thing.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 4 Mar. 2025
The vast sums of capital that flow through the former provide the financial basis for the localism of the latter, helping to preserve the image of a land unspoiled by the vampiric thirst of capitalism and the homogenizing cultural pressures of globalization.
—Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
And the settlement, reached on Sept. 20, does not outline new strategies for responding to incidents of harassment, bullying or localism.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for localism
Noun
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To be clear, hip-hop in general doesn’t have a regionalism problem.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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Hovering above all this is a related belief in promoting regionalism as a hedge against the flattening influence of corporate-media consolidation.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This is provincialism: putting narrow interests over the well-being of not just current residents, but also the entire city.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
31 July 2025
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Whatever your own reaction, the open-ended nature of Serra’s approach flies in the face of what people have been conditioned to expect from today’s non-fiction cinema, much of which exists to challenge the audience for their provincialism while flattering them for their empathy.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
27 June 2025
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He’s been talking about replacing it with a permanent ballroom for a long time, in his usual Dictator Chic idiom.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
1 Aug. 2025
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This could be in Elsbeth’s usual light and fizzy idiom or perhaps a brief foray into Scandi-noir.—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Localism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localism. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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