# regionalism

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #60,412

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From regional + -ism.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/regionalism