26984 words

provincial

6 definitions • 4 examples
1
a person who comes from somewhere in a country outside its capital city
2
relating to an area that is governed as part of a country or an empire:

Examples:

provincial governments
3
in or from the parts of the country that are not the capital city:

Examples:

The majority of young professionals in the capital have moved there from provincial towns.
4
having opinions and ideas that are old-fashioned and simple:

Examples:

provincial attitudes
5
of or relating to a province, or to the parts of a country outside its capital or most important city:

Examples:

provincial governments
6
disapproving A provincial person has limited ideas and is not willing to understand or accept new ideas or ways of behaving.

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