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Recent Examples of regionalism
The concept is not unlike the literary trope of regionalism or local color genre—telling the same core story, just tailoring the language and presentation for new audiences and global regions.
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Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Nov. 2025
But what was important to me was not their exact accents, but the regionalism and their bickering and bantering with one another.
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Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Nov. 2025
Sarah Orne Jewett The 35th stamp in the Literary Arts series honors Sarah Orne Jewett, a foundational figure in American literary regionalism.
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Greta Cross,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
This national narrative sat in tension with a growing regionalism, seen in the rise of local historians and small museums.
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JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for regionalism
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
25 Nov. 2025
But what was important to me was not their exact accents, but the regionalism and their bickering and bantering with one another.
—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Nov. 2025
Sarah Orne Jewett The 35th stamp in the Literary Arts series honors Sarah Orne Jewett, a foundational figure in American literary regionalism.
—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
29 Oct. 2025
This national narrative sat in tension with a growing regionalism, seen in the rise of local historians and small museums.
—
JSTOR Daily,
26 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for regionalism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for regionalism
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Both the ceramic and the chamoy traditions symbolize layers of culture as shaped by globalism and localism.
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Some in congressional leadership feared that the growth of radio networks would create a monopoly by dominating the industry, stifle radio localism, and influence legislation—thereby limiting the public interest provision.
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Attempts to resolve ecological responsibility through strict localism often risk sliding into cultural provincialism or nationalist enclosure—fantasies of purity that ignore how deeply entangled our lives already are.
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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.
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On the one hand, the translation serves as a source for the idioms of nineteenth-century English; on the other, as evidence of the ideas that the translator held about a Colombian woman writer.
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Out of love for different sound systems, different writing systems, different grammars, different sets of concepts, different idioms, different ways of seeing the world.
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The exhibit’s title is derived from a Spanish colloquialism.
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Ways to learn a new language Apps are a good way to learn the basics and proper pronunciation, but many colloquialisms, abbreviations and grammatically informal expressions used by fluent or native speakers aren’t taught on apps or in language classes.
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Among other things, the 1960s meetings known as Vatican II revolutionized the church’s relations with other Christians, Jews and people of other faiths and allowed Mass to be celebrated in the vernacular rather than Latin.
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Among other things, the 1960s church meetings revolutionized the Catholic Church’s relations with other Christians, Jews and people of other faiths, and allowed Mass to be celebrated in the vernacular rather than Latin.
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Unlike the brighter, more melodic style often associated with Austria and the Tyrol region, Swiss yodeling is slower and more melancholic — an emotionally nuanced tradition rooted in distinct regional dialects.
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Unlike the brighter, more melodic style often associated with Austria and the Tyrol region, Swiss yodeling is slower and more melancholic — an emotionally nuanced tradition rooted in distinct regional dialects.
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The tree, called Nagafika in the local pidgin, was on the property when Aipen acquired it five years ago.
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Fontana would write dialogue for the character in American vernacular, and Akinnuoye-Agbaje would translate it into Nigerian pidgin.
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The look that stuck with us from his spring 2026 menswear collection, his final for the house, was this brown field jacket—officially, in brand parlance, a hemp blouson.
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James thrived as a slot cornerback or a nickelback (depending on the parlance), acting as an additional run defender or pass rusher, depending on the situation.
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“Regionalism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/regionalism. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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