1. to make provincial in character, outlook, or style; to give a provincial quality to something
Usage: chiefly British spelling; American English typically uses 'provincialize'; transitive verb
2. to reduce the status or importance of; to demote from a central or prestigious position
Usage: chiefly British spelling

Examples

• The new policy threatened to provincialise the university by cutting its international research programs.
• Critics argued that the decision would provincialise the city's cultural institutions.
• Moving the headquarters away from the capital would provincialise the company's operations.
• The author's narrow focus seemed to provincialise what should have been a universal theme.
• Some feared the reforms would provincialise the national government's reach.
• The committee's insular approach began to provincialise the organization's vision.