Definitions for localism

localism lo·cal·ism

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

Localism is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 303 anagrams from letters in localism (acillmos).

Definitions for localism

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 localism

First recorded in 1815-25; local + -ism

Examples for localism

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

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

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

The last few years have seen an intensification of localism.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for localism
Scrable

12

Words with friends

16

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