provincialism
noun/prəˈvɪnʃəlɪzəm/
/prəˈvɪnʃəlɪzəm/
[uncountable] (disapproving)- the attitude of people who are unwilling to consider new or different ideas or things
- He wanted to escape from the narrow-minded provincialism of the small town where he had been brought up.
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