localism

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Recent Examples of localism The vast sums of capital that flow through the former provide the financial basis for the localism of the latter, helping to preserve the image of a land unspoiled by the vampiric thirst of capitalism and the homogenizing cultural pressures of globalization. Caitlín Doherty, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 And the settlement, reached on Sept. 20, does not outline new strategies for responding to incidents of harassment, bullying or localism. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2024 The summer light of the Tetons is a character all its own, and the film nails the details of skid life (multiple jobs, insecure housing, the performative localism of second home owners). Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 10 Aug. 2024 Related Stories Inspired in part by Australian New Wave cinema and in part by John Cheever’s short story The Swimmer and the subsequent 1968 Burt Lancaster film, The Surfer also pulls from rampant localism in the surf community that has been documented from Palos Verdes, California, to Australia. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for localism
Recent Examples of Synonyms for localism
Noun
  • Notwithstanding the resurgence of regionalism in international affairs, none of the contributors expect the five American countries to form a coherent Western Hemisphere lobby within the G-20.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The shift toward regionalism and local priorities over global cooperation adds further strain, complicating transactions across international borders and increasing the demand for more flexible payment infrastructures.
    Victor Orlovski, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But the return of a mysterious young woman Sandra (Roxane Mesquida), a scowling blonde sporting a leg brace and a rock’n’roll air of disdain for her hometown’s provincialism, expands Naw’s horizons suddenly.
    Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 May 2025
  • This was the mid-nineteen-sixties, when Canada was coming out of that provincialism and into its own.
    Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Unleashing Wood has ushered in an exciting new phase for a widely influential band that has defined a state-of-the-art jazz idiom deeply engaged with other genres.
    Andrew Gilbert, Mercury News, 23 May 2025
  • Scientists analyzed recordings of three groups of chimpanzees living in the Ivory Coast and found that chimps can combine their hoots, grunts and calls in a similar way to how humans use idioms or change the order of words to build new phrases.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 11 May 2025

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“Localism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/localism. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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