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deprovincialization

deprovincialization noun: the process of ceasing to be provincial or parochial.

Noun

deprovincialization (uncountable)

  1. The process of ceasing to be provincial or parochial
    • When Goebbels orchestrated his radio simulcast for Christmas 1942, the strains of “Silent Night” could be heard echoing from Lillehammer and Lapland to North Africa and Crete. Stalingrad was the eastern point of a vast continental triangle. This violent and exhilarating deprovincialization was an...2015 November 13, Adam Tooze, “‘The German War,’ by Nicholas Stargardt”, in New York Times

Origin of deprovincialization

From de- + provincial + -ization.

Questions about deprovincialization

What does deprovincialization mean?
Deprovincialization means the process of ceasing to be provincial or parochial.
What part of speech is deprovincialization?
Deprovincialization is a noun.

Words near deprovincialization in the dictionary

  1. deprotonize
  2. deprotonized
  3. deprove
  4. deproved
  5. deproves
  6. deprovincialization
  7. deprovincialize
  8. deprovincialized
  9. deprovincializes
  10. deprovincializing
  11. deproving

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