localism

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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). 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 See All Example Sentences for localism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for localism
Noun
  • To be clear, hip-hop in general doesn’t have a regionalism problem.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • This provincialism was identified as such and condemned by Merlin Klee, who had been a Freedom Rider as well as a Catholic before joining the community.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • Because the construction is a natural and graceful part of our English idiom.
    Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Human reviewers still refine idiom and theology, but the transformation in speed will be similar to the jump from quill to printing press.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 15 Aug. 2025

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“Localism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localism. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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