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- Dictionaryprovincial/prəˈvɪnʃl/
adjective
- 1. of or concerning a province of a country or empire: "provincial elections" Similar Opposite
- 2. of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: "provincial towns" Similar Opposite
noun
- 1. an inhabitant of a province of a country or empire.
- 2. an inhabitant of the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded: "a town populated by money-grubbers, philistines, and self-satisfied provincials"
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PROVINCIAL definition: 1. a person who comes from somewhere in a country outside its capital city 2. relating to an area…. Learn more.
relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or an empire: provincial governments. C2. in or from the parts of the country that are not not near a large city: The majority of young professionals in the city have moved there from provincial towns. disapproving. having opinions and ideas that are old-fashioned and simple:
1. : of, relating to, or coming from a province. 2. a. : limited in outlook : narrow. b. : lacking the polish of urban society : unsophisticated. 3. : of or relating to a decorative style (as in furniture) marked by simplicity, informality, and relative plainness. especially : french provincial. provincially. prə-ˈvin (t)-sh (ə-)lē. adverb.
Provincial definition: belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local. See examples of PROVINCIAL used in a sentence.
Definition of provincial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A provincial person comes from the backwaters. Someone from a small province outside of Provence, France, might seem a little more provincial and less worldly than someone from, say, Paris. Something or someone provincial belongs to a province, or region outside of the city.
Provincial means connected with the parts of a country away from the capital city.
1. Of or relating to a province. 2. Of or characteristic of people from the provinces; not fashionable or sophisticated: "Well-educated professional women ... made me feel uncomfortably provincial" (J.R. Salamanca). 3. Limited in perspective; narrow and self-centered. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of the provinces. 2.
provincial meaning, definition, what is provincial: relating to or coming from a province: Learn more.
adjective. Of or belonging to a province. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Having the ways, speech, attitudes, etc. of a certain province. Webster's New World. Of or like that of rural provinces; countrified; rustic. Webster's New World. Designating or of a style, esp. of 18th-cent.
