Definitions for localisms

localisms lo·cal·ism

Spelling: [loh-kuh-liz-uh m]
IPA: /ˈloʊ kəˌlɪz əm/

Localisms is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 372 anagrams from letters in localisms (acillmoss).

Definitions for localisms

noun

  1. a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
  2. a local custom.
  3. excessive devotion to and promotion of the interests of a particular locality; sectionalism.
  4. attachment to a particular locality.

Origin of localisms

First recorded in 1815-25; local + -ism

Examples for localisms

As localism gives way to brotherhood, militarism will pass out; but this does not mean that mankind will cease to contend.

Thus were the ideas of Nationality and localism in America brought into sharper conflict by the mob and guillotine in France.

This infection of localism is not peculiar to any body of Christians.

The immediate occasion for the recrudescence of localism was the Tariff.

The hindering conditions of English life were localism and lack of unity.

Congress, which was full of the spirit of localism, was not a perfect instrument of centralization.

The last few years have seen an intensification of localism.

It dwarfs the mind, I think,—said I,—to feed it on any localism.

Slavery and localism on the one hand, railway and nationalism on the other, were engaged in a vital struggle for recognition.

The localism which characterizes this system contributes elements both of strength and of weakness.

Word Value for localisms
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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