1. making provincial in character, outlook, or scope; limiting to a provincial or narrow perspective
Usage: present participle of 'provincialize'; often used in academic or cultural criticism

Examples

• The critic argued that the new curriculum was provincializing students by focusing only on local history.
• Some scholars worry that excessive specialization is provincializing academic discourse.
• The author accused the media of provincializing international issues by ignoring global context.
• Provincializing art history to a single region limits our understanding of cultural exchange.
• The policy risks provincializing the company's vision by restricting expansion beyond domestic markets.