regionalism
noun
regionalism is spelled R-E-G-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M: 11 letters. It appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, regionalism means “Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of regionalism is regionalisms.
How many letters and syllables are in regionalism?
| Letters | 11: R-E-G-I-O-N-A-L-I-S-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 4 million words; the 60,074th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is regionalism?
Regionalism appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 60,074th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce regionalism?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-regionalism.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of regionalism
- regionalisms plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does regionalism mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
Affection, often excessive, for one's own region and to everything related to it.
- 2
The belief that most or nearly all political power should be decentralized to regional governments.
- 3
A word or phrase originating in, characteristic of, or limited to a region.
- 4
Regional character, local color.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Regionalism in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | regionalismo |
| German | Regionalismus |
| French | régionalisme |
| Portuguese | regionalismo |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does regionalism come from?
From regional + -ism.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).