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provincial |
Grep of noun provincial provincial provincial capital provincialism Overview of noun provincial The noun provincial has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. peasant, provincial, bucolic -- (a country person) Overview of adj provincial The adj provincial has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) provincial -- (of or associated with a province; "provincial government") 2. (2) provincial -- (characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes") Antonyms of adj provincial 1 of 2 senses of provincial Sense 2 provincial (vs. cosmopolitan) cosmopolitan (vs. provincial) => sophisticated, urbane => traveled, travelled Similarity of adj provincial 2 senses of provincial Sense 1 provincial Pertains to noun province (Sense 3) =>territory, dominion, territorial dominion, province => possession Sense 2 provincial (vs. cosmopolitan) => bumpkinly, hick, rustic, unsophisticated => insular, parochial => jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky => stay-at-home(postnominal) => corn-fed Attributes of adj provincial Familiarity of adj provincial provincial used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj provincial provincial Overview of noun provincial The noun provincial has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts) 1. peasant, provincial, bucolic -- (a country person) Overview of adj provincial The adj provincial has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (3) provincial -- (of or associated with a province; "provincial government") 2. (2) provincial -- (characteristic of the provinces or their people; "deeply provincial and conformist"; "in that well-educated company I felt uncomfortably provincial"; "narrow provincial attitudes")
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