verb
- making something provincial in character, outlook, or scope; limiting to a provincial or narrow perspective
Usage: British spelling variant of 'provincializing'; present participle form
Examples
- The critic argued that the new policy was provincialising the once-international institution.
- By focusing only on local concerns, the committee risked provincialising the organization's mission.
- Some feared that isolationist policies were provincialising the nation's cultural outlook.
- The author accused the publisher of provincialising the literary canon by excluding international voices.
- Educational reforms were provincialising the curriculum rather than expanding students' global awareness.