noun. undefined

noun. A local linguistic feature.

noun. A local custom or peculiarity.

noun. Devotion to local interests and customs.

noun. The state or condition of being local or localized; limitation to a place or to a locality; also, the influence exerted by a locality.

noun. Attachment to a locality, or a peculiar limited phase of thought or feeling growing out of such attachment; provincialism; in general, any product of local influences: as, the localism of one's views or affections.

noun. A mode of speaking or acting peculiar to a place; a local idiom, phrase, or custom.

noun. The state or quality of being local; affection for a particular place.

noun. A method of speaking or acting peculiar to a certain district; a local idiom or phrase.

noun. a linguistic feature that is unique to a locality

noun. Attachment to a particular local place; feelings or policies which emphasize local phenomena

noun. a partiality for some particular place

noun. a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality

"The government's approach in practice, however, has thus far been marked by inconsistency and incoherence, not helped by a definition of localism that is extremely elastic," the report, from the Commons communities and local government select committee, says.""

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