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Recent Examples of localism
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.
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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
The summer light of the Tetons is a character all its own, and the film nails the details of skid life (multiple jobs, insecure housing, the performative localism of second home owners).
—Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2024
Related Stories Inspired in part by Australian New Wave cinema and in part by John Cheever’s short story The Swimmer and the subsequent 1968 Burt Lancaster film, The Surfer also pulls from rampant localism in the surf community that has been documented from Palos Verdes, California, to Australia.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
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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
The summer light of the Tetons is a character all its own, and the film nails the details of skid life (multiple jobs, insecure housing, the performative localism of second home owners).
—Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2024
Related Stories Inspired in part by Australian New Wave cinema and in part by John Cheever’s short story The Swimmer and the subsequent 1968 Burt Lancaster film, The Surfer also pulls from rampant localism in the surf community that has been documented from Palos Verdes, California, to Australia.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for localism
Noun
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His 1796 farewell address became a preeminent statement on republicanism: Washington wrote about the importance of national unity and the dangers that regionalism, partisanship, and foreign influence pose to it.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 June 2025
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Notwithstanding the resurgence of regionalism in international affairs, none of the contributors expect the five American countries to form a coherent Western Hemisphere lobby within the G-20.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 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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Liebling took this characteristic, the public shows of modesty (and less public tribalism), as good old fashioned Midwestern provincialism.—
Christopher Borrelli,
Chicago Tribune,
24 June 2025
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To quote a homespun idiom, there are different horses for different courses.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
23 July 2025
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Especially in multilingual markets, users frequently mix languages and use non-standard grammar, local idioms, creative spelling and hybrid sentence structures.—
Alessa Cross,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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“Localism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localism. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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