verb
- to make provincial in character, outlook, or style; to give a provincial quality to something
Usage: British English spelling (American English: provincializes); third-person singular present tense
Examples
- The new policy provincialises the curriculum by focusing only on local history.
- Critics argue that isolationist attitudes provincialise the nation's perspective.
- She provincialises her art by refusing to engage with international movements.
- The decision to close the international office provincialises the university's mission.
- Excessive localism provincialises what should be a global conversation.