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regionalism

DEFINITIONS OF: regionalism

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n a foreign policy that defines the international interests of a country in terms of particular geographic areas

Type of:
foreign policy
a policy governing international relations

n loyalty to the interests of a particular region

Type of:
loyalty, trueness
the quality of being loyal

n a feature (as a pronunciation or expression or custom) that is characteristic of a particular region

Type of:
non-standard speech
speech that differs from the usual accepted, easily recognizable speech of native adult members of a speech community
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